Crenellate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
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     {Crenelated molding} (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used
        in Norman buildings.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crenellate
       adj : having repeated square indentations like those in a
             battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {embattled}, {crenelated},
              {crenelate}, {crenellated}, {indented}]
       v : supply with battlements [syn: {crenel}, {crenelate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "crenellate":
     Vandyke, arm, armor, armor-plate, bank, barricade, battle, blaze,
     blockade, bulwark, castellate, chop, crenulate, crimp, cut, dig in,
     embattle, entrench, fence, fortify, garrison, gash, incise, indent,
     jag, knurl, machicolate, man, man the garrison, mill, mine, nick,
     notch, palisade, picot, pink, scallop, scarify, score, scotch,
     serrate, slash, tooth, wall