crenellate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: cren=el=late

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crenellate, v.tr. provide (a tower etc.) with battlements or loopholes.

Derivative

crenellation n.

Etymology

F cr{eacute}neler (as CRENEL)

THESAURUS

crenellate

Vandyke, arm, armor, armor-plate, bank, barricade, battle, blaze, blockade, bulwark, castellate, chop, crenulate, crimp, cut, dig in, embattle, entrench, fence, fortify, garrison, gash, incise, indent, jag, knurl, machicolate, man, man the garrison, mill, mine, nick, notch, palisade, picot, pink, scallop, scarify, score, scotch, serrate, slash, tooth, wall