crenellation

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There is also mehrab, the niche where the Imam, or priest, leads the prayer and crenellation, which is the decoration on the top of the mosque.

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  1. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
  2. a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

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  • Fitch looked out over the right side, between the gaps in the crenellation big enough for a man to stand in. —  Soul of the Fire
  • Without a word, she seized him by the throat with her other hand, and, calmly, indifferently, shoved him backward through the notch of a crenellation, out into thin air. —  Soul of the Fire
  • Not bothering to change clothes, I hurried out of my apartment and started for the docking ring Situated at the very top of the Needle, spreading outward like the crenellation on a medieval tower, the docking ring took up nearly a hundred thousand square meters of space, the various bays and holding tanks opening onto a central hub. —  Asimov'sSF,August2007
  • There is also mehrab, the niche where the Imam, or priest, leads the prayer and crenellation, which is the decoration on the top of the mosque. —  Paly Voice
  • The King would not grant permission for its crenellation, Renan thereupon disposed of most of the materials and they were used to build the campanile at Chichester. —  Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
 

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