castellation

C3A1S1T1E1L1L1A1T1I1O1N1

noun

The act or process of making a building into a castle.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncastellation (countable and uncountable, plural castellations)

plural castellations

  1. uncountableThe act or process of making a building into a castle.
  2. uncountableThe addition of battlements to a building, as for example when a feudal manor house needed fortification against border-raider attacks.
  3. countableAny of a set of slots or grooves in an object, often machined into a metal part, as for example on a castellated nut.
Cite this entry
APA

castellation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castellation

MLA

“castellation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castellation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castellation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castellation.

Source: castellation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.