crenelation

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noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
noun the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

Yes, I had the sharpest sense that during this transit he never took his eyes from me, and I can see at this moment the way his hand, as he went, passed from one of the crenelations to the next. — The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
Yes, I had the sharpest sense that during this transit he never took his eyes from me, and I can see at this moment the way his hand, as he went, passed from one of the crenelations to the next. — The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End, Henry James

battlement, crenellation

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