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crenellate

/ˈkrɛn.ə.leɪt/

crenellateverb

crenellated

Past Simple

crenellated

Past Participle

crenellating

Gerund

/ˈkrɛn.ə.leɪt/

Translations

The architect decided to crenellate the top of the castle walls.

Архитектор решил зубчатить верхнюю часть стен замка.

Additional translations

спиливать зубцы

делать зазубринами

Definitions

To furnish a wall or building with battlements.

The medieval castle was crenellated to provide better defense against invaders.

To grant permission or license to fortify a building with battlements; to authorise the construction of battlements (historical, chiefly Britain).

In 1327 the king formally crenellated the manor, allowing its owner to raise defensive walls.

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