crenellation

== English == === Etymology === From crenellate +‎ -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/, /ˌkɹɛnɪˈleɪʃən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɹɛnəˈleɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: cre‧nel‧lat‧ion === Noun === crenellation (countable and uncountable, plural crenellations) (countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture. (uncountable) The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle. (countable) Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight. ==== Alternative forms ==== crenelation ==== Hypernyms ==== battlement ==== Coordinate terms ==== castellation (overlaps synonymously in the architectural sense; coordinate in the machinery sense, whereas the same concept is invoked but the words are used in idiomatically non-interchangeable ways, as with crenellated flashlight bezels but castellated nuts) ==== Related terms ==== crenel crenellate crenellated licence to crenellate ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === crenellation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === centrolineal