Meaning & use
Crenelated
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Having battlements consisting of alternating high and low sections, typically along the top of a wall or tower.
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The crenelated walls of the medieval castle were built to shelter archers during a siege.
A crenelated parapet ran along the top of the old fortress.
A note on using this word
Also spelled 'crenellated,' with a double L in the more traditional British spelling, the word comes from Old French 'crenel,' meaning a notch or gap.
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