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crenellation

cre·nel·la·tion

UK/ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/ US/ˌkɹɛnɪˈleɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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2.

the action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

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Origin

From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

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  • licence to crenellate

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