Definition of CRENELLATION

crenellation

Plural: crenellations

Noun

  • a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
  • the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
  • A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
  • The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
  • Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight.

Origin / Etymology

From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

Scrabble Score: 14

crenellation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crenellation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crenellation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

crenellation: valid Words With Friends Word