crenelated

also adj.

1. Having battlements.
2. Indented; notched: a crenelated wall.

[Probably from French créneler, to furnish with battlements, from Old French crenel, crenelation, diminutive of cren, notch. See cranny.]

crenelation cren'e·la'tion n.

1. Having battlements.
2. Bearing an embattled pattern of repeated indentations.

crenelated

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The provision of regular spaces along the top of a wall or parapet through which missiles could be fired.

IN BRIEF: v. - Supply with battlements adj. - Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
  Synonyms: embattled, crenelate, crenellated, crenellate, indented

Meaning #2: (of a building) having turrets and battlements in the style of a castle
  Synonyms: battlemented, castellated, castled, crenellated

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