castellated

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cas·tel·lat·ed / ˈkastəˌlātid/ • adj. 1. having battlements: a castellated tower. ∎  (of a nut or other mechanical part) having grooves or slots on its upper face.2. having a castle or several castles: the castellated hills.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

castellated

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castellated. With battlements (crenels, crenelles). A castellated building is one with battlements, turrets, balistraria, etc., to give it the appearance of a castle, common in the late C18 and early C19. It was often a folly.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

castellated

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castellated built like a castle, as with battlements XVII; furnished with castles XIX. f. medL. castellātus, f. L. castellum CASTLE; see -ATE 2, -ED.
So castellation XIX.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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