CRENELLATION

crenelation, crenellation

(noun) the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

battlement, crenelation, crenellation

(noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

crenellation (countable and uncountable, plural crenellations)

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.

The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.

Hypernyms

• battlement

Anagrams

• centrolineal

Source: Wiktionary