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crenellated

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cren·e·lat·ed also cren·el·lat·ed  (krn-ltd)
adj.
1. Having battlements.
2. Indented; notched: a crenelated wall.
[Probably from French créneler, to furnish with battlements, from Old French crenel, crenelation, diminutive of cren, notch; see cranny.]
crene·lation n.
crenellated or US crenelated
Adjective
having battlements [Late Latin crena a notch]
crenellation or US
crenelation n


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Lastly, in the intervals of these roofs, of these spires, of these accidents of numberless edifices, which bent and writhed, and jagged in so eccentric a manner the extreme line of the University, one caught a glimpse, here and there, of a great expanse of moss-grown wall, a thick, round tower, a crenellated city gate, shadowing forth the fortress; it was the wall of Philip Augustus.
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