nnoun.artifacta rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsSynset:battlement crenelation
Derivationally Related Form:crenelatecrenellate
Part Holonyms:fort fortress
Hypernyms:bulwark rampart wall
Inherited Hypernyms:battlementrampartembankmentmoundstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Part Meronyms:crenel crenelle merlon
nnoun.actthe action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrowsSynset:crenelation
Derivationally Related Form:crenelatecrenellate
Hypernyms:building construction
Inherited Hypernyms:crenelationconstructioncreating from raw materialscreationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity