Definition of Crenelation. Meaning of Crenelation. Synonyms of Crenelation

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Definition of Crenelation

Crenelation
Crenelation Cren`el*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.]

Meaning of Crenelation from wikipedia

- A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height)...
- Medieval ecclesiastical to Palladian and on to Strawberry Hill Gothic, while at sometime an attempt at unity has been made by the use of crenelation....
- of the teeth, differing from Pongo pygmaeus "in lacking significant crenelation on the occlusal surfaces of the molars and upper premolars, and on the...
- with a collar dancettée Pean crowned with a mural coronet with three crenelations manifest Or masoned Sable. Escutcheon Azure a fess dancettée Erminois...
- it takes its name, include "eyebrows" over the windows and inverted crenelation under the eaves. Rundbogenstil was emplo**** for a number of railway stations...
- buildings: a main clubhouse and ten cottages. The clubhouse has a tower and crenelations and 65 rooms. The cottages were each two-story and had six or more rooms...
- defended slopes and facilitated construction of features such as ramparts, crenelations, and peepholes. The effectiveness of the new walls was demonstrated in...
- gatehouse was supposed to be a 4-story structure containing a peaked roof, crenelations, and an ornate facade. However, the gatehouse was downsized to its current...
- church. It is topped by an octagonal dome and features pointed arches, crenelation, and steeply pitched roof. A one-story hip roofed addition was built...
- which still stand. In the 12th century a taller square castle keep with crenelation replaced one of the corner towers. The castle was captured by the English...