| NOUN | artifact | crenelation, battlement, crenellation | a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps / gaps for firing arrows or guns |
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| act | crenelation, crenellation | the action of constructing ramparts with gaps / gaps for firing guns or arrows |
| Meaning | A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps / gaps for firing arrows or guns. | |
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| Synonyms | battlement, crenellation | |
| Part of | fortress, fort | A fortified defensive structure |
| Parts | crenel, crenelle | A notch or open / open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement |
| merlon | A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement | |
| Broader | rampart, bulwark, wall | An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
| Spanish | almena, crestería | |
| Catalan | merlet | |
| Verbs | crenelate | supply with battlements |
| Meaning | The action of constructing ramparts with gaps / gaps for firing guns or arrows. | |
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| Synonym | crenellation | |
| Broader | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Verbs | crenelate | supply with battlements |
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