castellated

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

Etymology

From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified, castellate”) + -ed (forming past participles). Equivalent to the past participle of castellate but attested earlier than other uses of the verb.

In classic literature

Synonyms

embattled, battlemented, castled

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