crenellation's Usage Examples:

adding battlements, where no parapet previously existed, or cutting crenellations into its existing parapet wall.

and above, the crenellations of Lhotse cut a blue sky fringed with snow cloudlets.

clipped corner entrance, surmounted by front facade parapet with modest crenellation; Booth Public Library (1948), 125 S.

Revival style, with buttressed walls and a blocky square tower with crenellations and spires.

of two yellow horizontal bars, each with three short vertical bars (crenellations).

However, Christmemel"s garrison was defended by crenellations, allowing the Germans to repulse the Lithuanians with crossbow fire.

interesting hybridization of traditional, medieval forms (round arches and crenellation) with classical elements (eave returns) and a horizontality and breadth.

completed the project in 1229 with the granting of a licence for the final crenellation.

The act of adding crenels to a previously unbroken parapet is termed crenellation.

viewing platform, which was surrounded by two layers of stone blocks and crenellations.

The attic floor was dedicated to defence, though the external crenellation has disappeared.

buildings, the Shanghai tunnels and marine barnacles, it becomes both crenellation and crustacean.

often be found in the curtain walls of medieval battlements beneath the crenellations.

Synonyms:

construction, crenelation, building,

Antonyms:

misconstruction,