2. Adjective. Having crenellations or battlements ¹
3. Adjective. Having a series of square indentations ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crenelated
1. crenelate [v] - See also: crenelate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenelated
Literary usage of Crenelated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Same as crenelated, crenellated (kren'e-la-ted), pa 2. ... Same as crenelated.
The king was asked to establish by statute that every uinn throughout England ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"A masonry crenelated wall, averaging in height 20 feet, and in thickness 9 feet,
encloses the whole city. In the wall are 7 gateways, furnished with screen ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... next came the Roman arch, the upper ря-rt of which was crenelated during the
Middle Ages ; next on the side of the town stood a tower of oval plan, ..."
4. The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome by Samuel Ball Platner (1911)
"Above the towers and arch are crenelated battlements. The porta Ostiensis.
the modern porta S. ... The whole gate is surmounted by crenelated battlements. ..."
5. Northern France: From Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"... In which rises a bronze statue, by Debay, of Castel (1758-1832), another native
poet of Vire. The crenelated Tower behind is disfigured by ..."
6. The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam (1900)
"Along the outer edge of the coping stone runs a crenelated wall, only a foot and
a half thick. Seeing that it was already at the time of construction ..."
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