Crenelated
Notched or indented, usually with respect to tops of walls, as in battlements.
Crenelated (KREN a laytid): having battlements
Battlements were mainstays in Medieval forts
Found in Gothic, Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, styles ...
[imp. & p. p. Crenelated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-?`t?ng).]
2.
To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
Crenelated molding ...
Embattled: Battlemented; crenelated. Embrasure: The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement. Enceinte: The enclosure or fortified area of a castle; An enclosing wall, usually exterior, of a fortified place.
PARAPET A parapet is a low stone or brick wall at the top of a building. A crenelated parapet has rhythmic breaks in the wall to create a pattern of battlements.
 See also: Crenel, Battlement, Indent, Medieval, Battlements
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