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CRENELATION

• CRENELATION (noun)
The noun CRENELATION has 2 senses:

1. a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
2. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

Familiarity information: CRENELATION used as a noun is rare.

• CRENELATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

battlement; crenelation; crenellation

Hypernyms ("crenelation" is a kind of...):

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "crenelation"):

crenel; crenelle (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)

merlon (a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement)

Holonyms ("crenelation" is a part of...):

fort; fortress (a fortified defensive structure)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

crenelation; crenellation

Hypernyms ("crenelation" is a kind of...):

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

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(English proverb)
"There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"If you had an opinion you better be determined."
(Arabic proverb)
"Think before acting and whilst acting still think."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of rampart
Definition of crenel
Definition of crenelle
Definition of fortress
Pronunciation of building

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