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Meaning of "crenellation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRENELLATION

ˌkrenɪˈleɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRENELLATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crenellation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRENELLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Battlement

A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet, in which rectangular gaps or indentations occur at intervals to allow for the discharge of arrows or other missiles from within the defences. These gaps are termed "crenels", and the act of adding crenels to a previously unbroken parapet is termed crenellation. Thus a defensive building might be designed and built with battlements, or a manor house might be fortified by adding battlements, where no parapet previously existed, or cutting crenellations into its existing parapet wall. The solid widths between the crenels are called merlons. A wall with battlements is said to be crenelated or embattled. Battlements on walls have protected walkways behind them. On tower or building tops, the roof is used as the protected fighting platform.

Definition of crenellation in the English dictionary

The definition of crenellation in the dictionary is the act or fact of providing a building with battlements.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRENELLATION

calculation · cancellation · circulation · compilation · correlation · formulation · installation · insulation · isolation · legislation · manipulation · musculation · mutilation · population · regulation · relation · simulation · translation · ventilation · violation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRENELLATION

crena · crenate · crenated · crenately · crenation · crenature · crenel · crenelate · crenelated · crenelation · crenellate · crenellated · crenellations · crenelle · crenshaw · crenulate · crenulated · crenulation · creodont · creole

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRENELLATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of crenellation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «crenellation» into 25 languages

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The translations of crenellation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crenellation» in English.
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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كرينيلاتيون
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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créneau
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Crenellation
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Zinnen
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crenellation
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crenellation
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Crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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सेनेनलेशन
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mazgallı siper
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merlatura
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krenelażem
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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crenellation
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRENELLATION»

Discover the use of crenellation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crenellation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa: Intertwined ...
In two aspects the mosques of Saint-Louis and Blanchot convey military resonances. The scalloped crenellation that trims the central pediment and the towers recall the crenellation found on the fort of Sousa and the Great Mosque of Qairawan ...
Fassil Demissie, 2012
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare
The siege was noted for atrocities on both sides. Crema surrendered on terms, but Frederick was soon to be defeated at Legnano in 1176 (see OLegnano, Battle of). crenellation in medieval military architecture, a toothed effect along the top of ...
Matthew Bennett, 1998
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Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art
The only somewhat complicated parts of the sketch are the code that controls the alternating brick layer rotation and the crenellation code. Since I knew what angle of rotation I needed to generate the brick ring, I wrote the expression angle ...
Ira Greenberg, 2007
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The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (Paris, Bibliothèque ...
In front of the great roof on high there must again be paths, and crenellation about the entablature by which one can go for danger of fire. And the entablature has spouts in order to throw off water. / / / For the chapels I say it to you.
Carl F. Barnes, 2009
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Venetian Vernacular Architecture: Traditional Housing in the ...
Crenellation Merlatura or crenellation is a feature that can still be seen in a number of buildings, chiefly in the city centre, and several further examples survive on the tops of garden and courtyard walls. Originally a military feature, crenellation ...
Richard J. Goy, 2011
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Jocelin of Wells: Bishop, Builder, Courtier
beyond, the castellated house or palace resonated with a wider range of meanings. In a real sense, fortification signified aristocracy, and the privilege of crenellation was in part a phenomenon of arrivisme that affected the propertied classes.
Robert William Dunning, 2010
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
... Coolhull Castle, Co.Wexford (late C16). (17) Guelphic crenellation,Verona. It is also known as Scaliger, La Scala, or swallowtail crenellation. Bauhaus Romanesque embattled moulding, Lincoln Cathedral (midC12) (after Parker). battlement.
‎2006
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Archaeologies of the British: Explorations of Identity in ...
Where the Tudors may have retained crenellation as a decoration for high status buildings, in defence— conscious Ireland both crenellation and machicolation appear regularly on residences. These were fortified manor houses, not quite ...
Susan Lawrence, 2013
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Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571
Opening in a fortified wall, tower, crenellation or other structure through which the defenders can shoot. bailey, bailli barbican barrel vault bastion batter boulevard breteche casemate castrum (pi: castra) chatefain chem/n de ronde concentric ...
David Nicolle, 2007
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The New Palaces of Medieval Venice
Even so, whether legal or not, castles, towers, and crenellation not only exhibited power but also continued to connote high status.23 When notables in Italian cities began, in the eleventh century, to erect the so-called family towers and, in the ...
Juergen Schulz

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRENELLATION»

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Looking for Lewis Carroll's Wonderland in today's Oxford
In the distance, I saw the fairy-tale crenellation of Merton College, founded in 1264. Oxford was, after all, the “city of dreaming spires,” or so it ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
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Three designers turn car parts into delicate jewellery
For instance, a hexagonal steel castlenut was re-imagined as a rook on the chessboard, given that its roof was reminiscent of the crenellation at ... «The Straits Times, Jun 15»
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7 Tips For Staying Safe While Shoveling Snow
This is back-blowing territory, made all the more perilous by the need for speed, to shovel out before night's chill coats every snowy crenellation ... «WBUR, Feb 15»
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Extreme Shoveling: Make Loads Even Smaller, And Other Tips From …
This is back-blowing territory, made all the more perilous by the need for speed, to shovel out before night's chill coats every snowy crenellation ... «WBUR, Feb 15»
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1820 COURTHOUSE: Catalog of history rescued from Russell Street …
It's not exactly L.L. Bean but, then again, if you're in the market for a granite crenellation block, you're going to love this catalog. The official title ... «Wicked Local Plymouth, Jan 15»
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The Weird Words You Learn From Video Games
CRENELLATION (Age of Empires, Ensemble, 1997). Adding crenels to a previously unbroken parapet. (DarkPrince010) ... «Kotaku, Dec 14»
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The inside story about 26/11
The Merchant House terrace was crowned by a three- foot thick concrete crenellation with a false rose window in the centre. Sen and his ... «Mid-Day, Nov 14»
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AD Classics: Cenotaph for Newton / Etienne-Louis Boullée
... of the layout, for example showing a small exterior door on the second level above a band of crenellation yet illustrating no means of access. «ArchDaily, Sep 14»
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Occupied France: A tragedy frozen in time
I could see ahead on my right, above a canopy of low trees, the crisp crenellation of blackened walls – and beyond them a tower that might be a ... «The Independent, Jun 14»
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Sno Castle begins 22nd summer in Struthers
The blue and yellow hut topped with castlelike crenellation at 706 Youngstown-Poland Road — and now in its 22nd summer of operation ... «Youngstown Vindicator, May 14»
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