crenelation
1. a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns • Syn: battlement, crenellation • Derivationally related forms: crenellate (for: crenellation), crenelate • Hypernyms: rampart, bulwark, wall • Part Holonyms: fortress, fort • Part Meronyms: crenel, crenelle, merlon 2. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows • Syn: crenellation • Derivationally related forms: crenellate (for: crenellation), crenelate • Hypernyms: construction, building
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