crenelated

Meanings

verb

alternative crenellated

adjectivecrenelated (comparative more crenelated, superlative most crenelated)

comparative more crenelated · superlative most crenelated · alternative crenellated

Having crenellations or battlements.
Having a series of square indentations; (in particular, heraldry) embattled.
The coat of the Vicomtes de Grandlieu is the same quartered with that of Navarreins : gules, a fess crenelated or, surmounted by a knight's helmet, with the motto : Grands faits, grand lieu.
1896, Honoré de Balzac, A Harlot's Progress, page 92

adjectivehaving or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

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