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crenelation

noun

1. a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

• Syn: ↑battlement, ↑crenellation

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crenellate (for: ↑crenellation), ↑crenelate

• Hypernyms: ↑rampart, ↑bulwark, ↑wall

• Part Holonyms: ↑fortress, ↑fort

• Part Meronyms: ↑crenel, ↑crenelle, ↑merlon

2. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

• Syn: ↑crenellation

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crenellate (for: ↑crenellation), ↑crenelate

• Hypernyms: ↑construction, ↑building

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noun

see crenellation

Useful english dictionary. 2012.