Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To furnish with crenelles.
- v. To indent; to notch.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. etc. See crenelate, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. supply with battlements
Etymologies
Late Latin crenello. See French créneler ("to indent") and English Crenelle. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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In 1373, the sheriff of Somerset received licence "to fortify and crenellate his manse at Nunney", and his building down in an undefended valley seems to have had more of a picturesque than a strategic purpose.
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As they peered out they could see where the seamless undulations of the ice cap began to fracture and crenellate, forming a corrugated flow that seemed to ripple off towards the west.
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A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. to
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A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points, no sign of the original building remained.
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