decastellatev.
/dɪˈkastəleɪt/ rare.
transitive. To deprive of its castellation, take away the battlements of.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with battlements > remove battlements from
decastellate1880
1880 A. T. Drane Hist. St. Catherine of Siena 356 To sanction the dismantling, or rather decastellating of one of the fortresses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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