Crenelated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of crenelate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having crenellations or battlements.
  2. 2
    Having a series of square indentations; (in particular, heraldry) embattled.

    "The coat of the Vicomtes de Grandlieu is the same quartered with that of Navarreins : gules, a fess crenelated or, surmounted by a knight's helmet, with the motto : Grands faits, grand lieu."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
battlementedcastellatedcastledembattled

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"The coat of the Vicomtes de Grandlieu is the same quartered with that of Navarreins : gules, a fess crenelated or, surmounted by a knight's helmet, with the motto : Grands faits, grand lieu."

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