Usually means: Indented battlements for defensive architecture.
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  1. crenelation: Merriam-Webster
  2. crenelation: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. crenelation: Wiktionary
  6. crenelation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  8. Crenelation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Crenelation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. crenelation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. crenelation: Rhymezone
  12. Crenelation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. crenelation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. crenelation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Crenelation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. crenelation: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. crenelation: Encyclopedia

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  1. Crenelation: Castle Terms

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  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. crenelation: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Crenelation)

noun:  Alternative form of crenellation [(countable, uncountable) 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.]

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