The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To furnish with crenelles.
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To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To furnish with crenelles. 2 To indent; to notch.
WordNet
adj. having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: embattled, crenelated, crenelate, crenellated, indented]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "crenellate".
The world rippled in my vision, crenellated walls of the battlements tilting sideways.
All the original restaurants in Wichita conformed to the architectural criteria that Ingram established in 1921: a whitewashed exterior, a crenellated tower, and the slogans painted on the wall.
All the Castles built between 1921 and 1925 in Wichita, Omaha, and Kansas City were constructed from cement blocks on an identical ten-by-fifteen-foot floor plan, with the same crenellated facade and whitewashed exterior.
He saw the mriswith pile into the gar, knocking him back against the crenellated wall.
But it was adorned here and there with cranes, guns, a wee crenellated castle, and other curios.
Argo as they overtopped the ramp alongside the bastion gorge and came upon the banquette behind the crenellated battlement.
He stalked to the northernmost wall and stared out over its crenellated edge.
It was an astonishing sight, a series of towers, turrets, and crenellated walls, seemingly crawling up the rock itself.
Others were flat-topped, ringed with crenellated battlements that reminded Firekeeper of broken teeth.
It was a collection of squat concrete blocks crenellated by aluminium ducts and fans.
As they drew steadily nearer, these uneven outlines resolved themselves into a breathtaking vista of amethystine spires, weblike walkways, lofty buttresses, and soaring crenellated structures that sparkled like crystal in glorious lavender sunshine.
There were no windows but arrowslits, the tower top was deeply crenellated, and the door was of iron a foot thick, judging by the fact that it had not rusted away in all the intervening years.
Janet could see the Virginia Tech campus stretching before her, a small city of crenellated academic buildings, barracks like dorms, and streetlights.
The mountains looked to him impassable, all cold and crenellate, looming moonwashed as snarling fangs.
A magnificent set of Cape buffalo horns above the fireplace dominated the room with their great crenellated bosses and wide sweep to the tips.