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crenellation

noun
cren·​el·​la·​tion | \ ˌkre-nə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce crenellation (audio) \
variants: or less commonly crenelation

Definition of crenellation

1 : battlement
2 : any of the embrasures alternating with merlons in a battlement — see battlement illustration

Examples of crenellation in a Sentence

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 It is ornamented with decorative elements the Nabateans borrowed from their Greek, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian trading partners—images of Castor and Pollux, for example, just beside an Assyrian stepped crenellation. — Andrew Solomon, CondĂ© Nast Traveler, "Traveling Through Jordan’s Historic Ruins, Red Dunes, and Dead Sea," 24 July 2019 The spires and crenellations of the midtown buildings had taken on a Gothic cast in the gloom. — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, "The Luck of Kokura," 18 June 2018

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First Known Use of crenellation

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for crenellation

crenellate "to furnish with crenellations" + -ation — more at crenellated

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