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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
crenelated
adj 1: having repeated square indentations like those in a
battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {embattled},
{crenelate}, {crenellated}, {crenellate}, {indented}]
2: (of a building) having turrets and battlements in the style
of a castle [syn: {battlemented}, {castellated}, {castled},
{crenellated}]
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