Dictionary Definition
castellated adj : (of a building) having turrets
and battlements in the style of a castle [syn: battlemented, castled, crenelated, crenellated]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From Latin castellum "castle".Adjective
- Like a castle.
Quotations
- 2004, Colm Toibin,
The
Master, Picador, paperback edition, page 2
- Finally he walked slowly into a vast Italian space, with towers and castellated roofs, and a sky the colour of dark blue ink, smooth and consistent.
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Castellated may refer to:
- Crenellation, the name for the distinctive pattern that frames the tops of the walls of many medieval castles.
- Castellated nut, a nut with notches cut into one end.