regional note: in BRIT, sometimes in AM, use crenellated
adjective [usu ADJ n]
In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
[technical]
...crenellated turrets.
crenelated in American English
(ˈkrenlˌeitɪd)
adjective
furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement
Alsoesp Britcrenellated
Word origin
[1815–25; crenelate + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: artifact, heuristic, reamer, trolley, welterweight-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: frosted, integrated, registered, saturated, truncated