Crenel (Verb)
Meaning
Supply with battlements.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The surrounding city walls were crenel to reinforce the fort's defenses and make it more difficult for invaders to climb.
- Engineers were tasked with creneling the top of the castle's walls to complete the stronghold's architecture.
- To provide better protection for the soldiers, the general ordered his men to crenel the entire length of the fortress.
- A specialized team of bricklayers was required to crenel the massive stone walls that surrounded the fortified town.
- Crowning the medieval town's main wall with battlements required the careful hands of skilled craftsmen who were tasked to crenel it layer by layer.