WORD o' the WEEK

CRENELLATION

the top of a building that is built with high parts and low parts, like teeth with spaces

1 : a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

(( Another word for this is a BATTLEMENT))

Cited from WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. (accessed: October 19, 2007).

Thank you for photos of the Mussomeli Castle from here!

 

 

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