Definition of Crenellated

1. Verb. (past of crenellate) ¹

2. Adjective. Having crenellations or battlements ¹

3. Adjective. Having a series of square indentations ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crenellated

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenellated

crenations
crenature
crenatures
crenel
crenelate
crenelated
crenelated molding
crenelated moldings
crenelates
crenelating
crenelation
crenelations
creneled
creneling
crenellate
crenellated (current term)
crenellated moulding
crenellates
crenellating
crenellation
crenellations
crenelle
crenelled
crenelles
crenelling
crenels
crenic acid
crenocyte
crenocytosis
crenotherapy

Literary usage of Crenellated

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"The town-hall occupies the old gate of St George ; its river front is composed of two large crenellated and ..."

2. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"Pop. wooden crenellated, and roofed erections, about 800. used in the middle ages in sieges by the taining 500 men-of-war in from 8 to 15 fathoms at low ..."

3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Donald Moore, Thomas Rowland Powel (1867)
"A low, circular tower, with a crenellated parapet, stands on either side, in advance of the entrance-gate, which has a A.—Arched gateway with its two towers ..."

4. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"A crenellated parapet; in Ireland they are often multiplied in graduation so as to form corbie steps. At Carlisle Cathedral they carry upright crosses ..."

5. Castles of the Morea by Kevin Andrews (2006)
"... is car- Above runs a crenellated parapet 5 to 6 feet ried on three relieving arches, depressed and high, with square merlons 3 feet wide. ..."

6. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"The adjective crenellated in builds its nest usually in holes or crev- embattled or indented molding of fre- a pretty and interesting little bird, ..."

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