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crenellate

/ ˈ°ì°ùÉ›²Ôɪˌ±ô±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to supply with battlements
  2. to form square indentations in (a moulding, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¦°ù±ð²Ô±ð±ôˈ±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crenellate1

C19: from Old French creneler, from crenel
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The crenellated roofline may feel antiquated but the pattern of the slender windows, some in the shape of a diamond, evoke an 8-bit digital design.

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Maine’s coastline, crenellated with deep estuaries and bays fed by rivers mixing with cold ocean water that pumps nutrients up from below, may seem like a bivalve paradise.

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After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks moved the capital back to Moscow and power retreated behind the high, crenellated walls of the Kremlin.

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From the crenellated rooftop of the Round Tower, which dominates the distinctive Windsor sky line, I watched, as silence descended on the Quadrangle beneath the private royal apartments.

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A portrait of Moroccan King Mohammed VI, waving from behind his sunglasses, hangs from the crenellated archway that greets peole arriving in Dakhla.

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