- The act of
adding crenels to a
previously unbroken parapet is
termed crenellation. The
function of
battlements in war is to
protect the
defenders by giving...
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merlons is
called a crenel, and a
succession of
merlons and
crenels is a
crenellation.
Crenels designed in
later eras for use by
cannons were also
called embrasures...
- the 16th century, with much of the
current building (including its
crenellations)
dating to the 19th century. McDermott's
Castle is
located on Castle...
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fortress in Dunhuang,
Gansu that has
rammed earth ramparts with
defensive crenellations at the top. See also Barbieri-Low (2007), p. 36.
Barnes (2007), p. 63...
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quartered colours of the FMS; In dexter, the
Prince of Wales's feathers,
crenellation, and
waves from the
Penang coat of arms; and In sinister, and gate of...
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appearance of a
large keep,
multiple turrets, and
especially because of the
crenellation along the top
edges of what
resembled its towers. As the
drawing below...
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often be
found in the
curtain walls of
medieval battlements beneath the
crenellations. The
invention of the
arrowslit is
attributed to
Archimedes during the...
- gatehouses, and
comprised several elements:
crenellations, ****dings, machicolations, and loopholes.
Crenellation is the
collective name for
alternating crenels...
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Encastellation (sometimes castellation,
which can also mean
crenellation) is the
process whereby the
feudal kingdoms of
Europe became dotted with castles...
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struck from four centres. The
transoms were
often topped by
miniature crenellations. The
windows at
Cambridge of King's
College Chapel (1446–1515) represent...
