Definition of Crenelations. Meaning of Crenelations. Synonyms of Crenelations

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Definition of Crenelations

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 Crenelations 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....
- with a collar dancettée Pean crowned with a mural coronet with three crenelations manifest Or masoned Sable. Escutcheon Azure a fess dancettée Erminois...
- the mural crown occur in the Achaemenid Empire, where they resemble crenelations on Mesopotamian and Persian buildings. In ****enistic culture, a mural...
- style is reminiscent of Scottish castles, with its central tower and crenelations and turrets. It was completed in 1922, with its cornerstone containing...
- of its original medieval features and motifs, it is machicolated with crenelations surmounting its towers and keep. The castle is built around a triangular...
- appears more as an 18th-century palazzo than a castle, although some crenelations and towers remain. Monti Iblei Cup (Hill Climb) Regions and Cities >...
- Rundle Street in 1864. Vosz's building has crenelations, verandah...
- 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...
- unknown later date, a third storey was built directly on top of the crenelations, to bring the structure to its present height. Part of the keep was in...