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Crenelated molding

Crenelate \Cren"el*ate\ (kr?n"?l-?t or kr?"n?l-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-?`t?ng).] [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr?neler to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.]

  1. To furnish with crenelles.

  2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.

    Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

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crenelated molding

alt. (context architecture English) A kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings. n. (context architecture English) A kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Usage examples of "crenelated molding".

She raised Bruno in those high-ceilinged rooms, a world far removed from that of the child's contemporaries, a Victorian world of waist-high wainscoting and flowered wallpaper and crenelated molding and footstools and mantel clocks and lace tablecloths.