Complete Definition of "crenelation"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Alternative spellings
crenellation

Noun
crenelation (plural: crenelations)

  1. architecture : Having battlements; looking like the top row of a medieval castle.
  2. The act of crenelating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle, for knights to stand between.

Related terms
licence to crenellate

See also
medieval
castle
knight
turret
battlements
architecture

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