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
- (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.
- (uncountable) The addition of battlements to a building, as for example when a feudal manor house needed fortification against border-raider attacks.
Word Forms
- castellations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include building, constructing, construction, cementation, knighting, crownment.
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