CRENELATE

crenel, crenelate, crenellate

(verb) supply with battlements

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

crenelate (third-person singular simple present crenelates, present participle crenelating, simple past and past participle crenelated)

To furnish with crenelles.

To indent; to notch.

Anagrams

• enterlace

Source: Wiktionary


Cren"el*ate (krn"l-t or kr"nl-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (- `td); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-`tng).] Etym: [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.]

1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf. Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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