crenellations

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The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches of the walls of the outer circle, sufficiently express this commixture.

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  • Now at least they were reaching the borders of Paranor and saw looming ahead of them two enormous towers of carved rock, with little balconies and windows and terraces and crenellations, all covered in old ivy and climbing brambles bearing light yellow fruit It is the Celador Gate, ; said Gone. —  And when Elric had told his three lies to Cymoril, his betrothed, and had set his ambitious cousin Yyrkoon as Regent on the Ru
  • It was a big fort, with delightful crenellations, and many flags, and it had the shiniest portcullis outside of Navarre. —  Hooting Yard
  • It was as a sightseer with a bent for the loveliness of crenellations that I discovered the Puckington Tunnels. —  Hooting Yard
  • The slate-toned crenellations of the Koolaus kindling to purple, amethyst, and plum; —  Hawaii Reporter
  • The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches, of the walls of the outer circle sufficiently express this commixture Carcassonne dates from the Roman occupation of Gaul. —  Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2
 

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