crenellation

In the former, the oppositeness of meaning is automatically suggested by the prefix counter-; in the latter, it takes some encyclopaedic knowledge to visualise how crenels and merlons complement each other within a crenellation. Therefore, crenel and merlon can be metaphorically treated as complementaries, logically parallel with the adjectives empty : full.

The folks at Schmalberg were able to advise him on which fabrics would give a nice crenellation at the edge, and which would be fuzzy, "Whenever I'm dealing with something like that ...

Here we had a level of crenellation along the edges of the residence buildings that allowed us to create nooks and crannies and a sense of privacy within.

The crenellation, blind arches, and rusticated tower decorated with lion masks recall the same ecletic and theatrical flair of Garbatella's first phase.

The building is a sturdy stone structure in the English Parish Gothic Revival style with crenellation crowning the bell tower and pointed arch windows and door.

Indeed, very little of the traditional English castle survives here: where one expects to find crenellation, an elegant balustrade softens the roofline and each of the six towers is surmounted by Bess's initials "ES" set in a strapwork frame.

Overall, the Room VII columned building combines features of architecture known in various regions: high podium (east), columned portico (west), entablature with curved ends (eastern Mediterranean), and Assyrian-style crenellation on the parapet.

Atop an outlying tower I leaned against the stone crenellation to photograph the hotel.

The stage is surmounted by a fly tower expressed as a monumental crenellation on the hermetic box of the concert hail.

She walked the needle in a crenellation between and around his very eyelashes with such dexterity that he did not squint.

57 Where it has grown out of functional reference it can be historic, as in the use of crenellation in heraldry.