Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being crenulated; a series of notches; specifically, the crenate marking of the margin of some leaves. See cut under crenate.
  • noun Fine striation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A minute crenation.
  • noun The state of being minutely scalloped.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A minute crenation.
  • noun The state of being minutely scalloped.

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Examples

  • De Maria quoted the Doge's Palace from the top down, starting with what Sir Banister Fletcher described as a "lace-like parapet of oriental cresting" ... the ziggy-zaggy crenulation on the top of the facade.

    The House With Three Eyes 2004

  • De Maria quoted the Doge's Palace from the top down, starting with what Sir Banister Fletcher described as a "lace-like parapet of oriental cresting" ... the ziggy-zaggy crenulation on the top of the facade.

    Veniceblog: 2004

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