crenelations

It was then he fired the castle, and as flames licked through the stony parapets, over the crenelations and in the upper rooms of the towers, it was said that you could hear the rats screaming and a scream above those tiny fevered screams which was lost in smoke and in the sound of old dry beams collapsing.

Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

The top level features two turrets lined with crenelations (the alternating blocks on the edges, which I suppose would offer nuns ample protection when firing weapons at anyone attacking from the Hudson).

Nick Carr: Forgotten Ruins in Dobbs Ferry 2010

The sides of the crenelations on the top of the walls showed no interior stone, just a white surface.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

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 2003

Back up on the wall, Brynn held the bulk of her forces in concealment, bringing them up little by little to the wall top, and keeping them crouched behind the shielding crenelations.

Immortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2003

The low voice came from above, and Anna looked up, but could see nothing except the crenelations of the watchtower.

The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997

Finally, he holsters the pistol and turns to trudge back along behind the battered crenelations of the city walls toward the barriers on the west end of the north wall where the last of the Hydlenese rocket guns rest.

The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

On the wall overhead, barely visible behind the parapet crenelations, a pair of crossbowmen sit lazily in the sun, their weapons resting on wooden frames within a cubit of each man.

The Towers of the Sunset Modesitt, L. E. 1992

On the wall overhead, barely visible behind the parapet crenelations, a pair of crossbowmen surveyed the stone-paved expanse outside the walls where the inspections occurred.

The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

The entire seaward side of a warehouse slid open to reveal stone crenelations inside.

Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989