“crenellate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

crenellate

释义

crenellate, -elate, v.|ˈkrɛnɛleɪt|
[f. F. crénel-er + -ate. The l has been doubled partly after crenelled; partly perh. after assumed L. *crēnella, dim. of crēna.]
trans. To furnish with battlements, to embattle; to furnish with embrasures or loopholes.
1851Turner Dom. Archit. 157 note, Laurence de Ludlow had licence to crenellate his mansion of Stoke-Say.1877Clery Min. Tact. xvii. 261 Walls that have been loopholed or crenelated afford material aid.
Hence ˈcrenellated, crenelated ppl. a., embattled.
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Crenellated parapet (Fort.).1848Lytton Harold iv. vii, Crenellated castles.1869tr. Lenormant's Anc. Hist. East I. iv. iv. 459 The roofs of Assyrian edifices were flat and terraced, surrounded by a crenelated battlement.
transf.1881Athenæum 4 June 754 Crenellated mountain tops half clad in snow.

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