ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Castellation

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Castellation is a noun meaning (uncountable) The act or process of making a building into a castle.

Meaning

(uncountable) The act or process of making a building into a castle.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) Any of a set of slots or grooves in an object, often machined into a metal part, as for example on a castellated nut.
  2. (uncountable) The addition of battlements to a building, as for example when a feudal manor house needed fortification against border-raider attacks.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include building, constructing, construction, cementation, knighting, crownment.

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