crenelation

Other forms: crenelations

Definitions of crenelation
  1. noun
    (architecture) a rampart built around the top of a castle, city wall, or other structure, with regular gaps for firing weapons
    synonyms: battlement, crenellation
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    type of:
    bulwark, rampart, wall
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  2. noun
    the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
    synonyms: crenellation
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    type of:
    building, construction
    the act of constructing something
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