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Definition of Crenelation

1. Noun. A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns.

2. Noun. The action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows.

Definition of Crenelation

1. n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.

Definition of Crenelation

1. Noun. (alternative form of crenellation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crenelation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenelation

crenate leaf crenated crenately crenates crenation crenations crenature crenatures crenel crenelate

crenelated crenelated molding crenelated moldings crenelates crenelating crenelation (current term) crenelations creneled creneling crenellate

crenellated crenellated moulding crenellates crenellating crenellation crenellations crenelle crenelled crenelles crenelling

Literary usage of Crenelation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... still in the Gothic arches of its tower and porticos, the perforated quatrefoils above its marble columns, and the triangular crenelation of the roof. ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... still in the Gothic arches of its tower and porticos, the perforated quatrefoils above its marble columns, and the triangular crenelation of the roof. ..."

3. Annals of a Fortress by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1876)
"ESCARP is that part of a revetment of fortifications which fronts the exterior, from the bottom of the ditch to the parapet or crenelation. ..."

4. Annals of a Fortress by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Benjamin Bucknall (1875)
"ESCARP is that part of a revetment of fortifications which fronts the exterior, from the bottom of the ditch to the parapet or crenelation. ..."

5. Memoirs Chiefly Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Northumberland by Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Charles Henry Hartshorne (1858)
"... show how reluctantly the privilege of crenelation was granted. Nor was it subsequently permitted more freely, although Edward I. had less reason to ..."

6. Feudal and Military Antiquities of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1858)
"These licenses, which amount to no more than fourteen, though extending- over fifty-seven years, show how reluctantly the privilege of crenelation was ..."

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