The Collaborative International Dictionary
Castellation \Cas`tel*la"tion\, n. [LL. castellation, fr. castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle.] The act of making into a castle.
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n. 1 The act of making a building into a castle 2 The addition of battlements to a building
Usage examples of "castellation".
The wall had merlons and embrasures, but not a single patch of musket smoke showed in those de fences which meant that the castellation was false and there was no fire step on the wall's far side where defenders could stand.
They were on the ramparts of the keep, on the turret of a great gatetower that faced into the pass, and behind the castellations of the wall around the courtyard.
The tower looked old, its summit crowned by castellations like the Castle walls, but at its foot he could see the scars of earthworks and he guessed the Spanish garrison had made new defences there.
To Sharpe's front the Castle seemed suddenly bare of defenders, driven behind the castellations or the rubble by the Rifles' accuracy.
Midway between the entrance arch and the wings, the walls angled outward for a short distance to form two broad piers of double bay windows encased in florid masonry, which extended upward to join the parade of castellations that marked the roof line.
I guess he put up the castellations to give the place a matching frontage.
Llanabba Castle, with its sham castellations and preposterous inhabitants, had sunk into the oblivion that waits upon even the most lurid of nightmares.
Pascoe sprang to the parapet, gripped one of the castellations with his left hand and caught Davenport by the jacket pocket.
Pascoe sprang to the parapet, gripped one of the castellations with his left hand and caught Davenport by the jacket pocket.