crenellated

/ ˈkrɛnɪˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. having battlements
2. (of a moulding, etc) having square indentations

Example Sentences

We’re enchanted by the very idea of crenellated ramparts and soaring towers, troubadors, jesters and knights.

From Seattle Times

In the 14th century, the Muslim Bahmani kings introduced Persianate domes and crenellated walls at the fortress capital of Bidar, while in Bijapur, roughly six hours southwest, the skyline bristles with minarets and domes left behind by the Adil Shahi sultans, who ruled there in the 16th and 17th centuries.

From New York Times

So many peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, bowls of cereal, and plates of spaghetti were consumed while Bobby was replaying and analyzing games that the crumbs and leavings of his food became encrusted in the crenellated battlements of his rooks, the crosses of his kings, the crowns of his queens, and the creases in the miters of his bishops.

From Literature

It would be easy to make them caricatures, a mass of Colonel Klink-like goose-steppers; the material is all there, from their calling Tanganyika “Deutsch Ost-Afrika” to their schools and “crenellated fortresses.”

From Los Angeles Times

The crenellated roofline may feel antiquated but the pattern of the slender windows, some in the shape of a diamond, evoke an 8-bit digital design.

From Los Angeles Times