crenelated
Dawn was breaking over the crenelations of the tower.
The building in front of them was a jumble of towers, crenelations and massive walls.
Soldiers were poised at the crenelations.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fortifications
acropolis
barricade
bastion
battlements
castle
drawbridge
earthwork
enceinte
entanglement
fort
machicolation
Martello tower
moat
moated
motte
pillbox
stockade
storm cellar
stronghold
turret

Examples of crenelations

crenelations
He put on his coat, which had been lying across one of the crenelations, and covered his head with a small soft hat.
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I leaned upon the crenelations and looked off across the hills, enjoying the loveliness of the sky, in which the planets throbbed superbly.
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Within the crumbling crenelations of the ancient battlements twenty-four once large parishes are more or less abandoned or laid waste with their convents, monasteries, and palaces.
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