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crenellation

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aceeillnnortStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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  1. the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

Word origin

From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

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