crenelated

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Unlike pancake-flat Delft, the Washington suburb where I live is a crenelated topo of rolling hills, such that if I rode anywhere I was sentencing myself to multiple back-breaking climbs just to get home.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2023

Charles Philip Arthur George, then a gawky 20-year-old, was crowned Prince of Wales nearly 55 years ago in the crenelated fortress that dominates this pretty Welsh town.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Olys also form flatter, more-shingled reefs than the crenelated structures typical of Pacific oysters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2019

A Greek flag flutters atop the crenelated battlements of the circular White Tower, but the structure was actually built by the Ottomans, who captured Thessaloniki from the Byzantine Empire in 1430.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr