crenellate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crenellate
    v 1: supply with battlements [syn: {crenel}, {crenelate},
         {crenellate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crenelate \Cren"el*ate\ (kr?n"?l-?t or kr?"n?l-?t), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. {Crenelated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crenelating}
   (-?`t?ng).] [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr?neler to
   indent. See {Crenelle}.] [Written also {crenellate}.]
   1. To furnish with crenelles.
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   2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
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   {Crenelated molding} (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used
      in Norman buildings.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "crenellate":
      Vandyke, arm, armor, armor-plate, bank, barricade, battle, blaze,
      blockade, bulwark, castellate, chop, crenulate, crimp, cut, dig in,
      embattle, entrench, fence, fortify, garrison, gash, incise, indent,
      jag, knurl, machicolate, man, man the garrison, mill, mine, nick,
      notch, palisade, picot, pink, scallop, scarify, score, scotch,
      serrate, slash, tooth, wall