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Definition of Crenellations
1. crenellation [n] - See also: crenellation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenellations
Literary usage of Crenellations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"Heads wearing a crown or polos with crenellations are likely to be Aphrodite
because she was the city goddess (p. 271). It was also suggested above (pp. ..."
2. Castles of the Morea by Kevin Andrews (2006)
"10), flat, square tiles form a covering ringed about with crenellations, and stairway
... 24). crenellations (Fig. 136).The fort of Karababa With greater ..."
3. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1884)
"A row of battlements was thought necessary both as a slight fortification and as
an ornament.1 These were finished at the top with open crenellations in ..."
4. Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum by Walter de Gray Birch (1892)
"A triple-towered castle, embattled and masoned, the crenellations of the wall
charged alternately with a cross, rose, fleur-de-lis, ..."
5. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1905)
"Enclosing walls or ramparts with crenellations, or, as more commonly called,
battlements. 4. Elaborate carving, especially on the wood-work,—flat ..."
6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"... its general contour being not unlike the sketch now hanging in the Christ
Church bursary, minus the fashionable windows and crenellations. ..."
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