A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 91
ars sometimes to signify a battlement, but it usuallymeans the embrasures of a battlement, or loopholes andother openings in the walls of a fortress through whicharrows and other missiles might be discharged againstassailants; the adjective * crenellated/ when applied toa building, signified… … Wnodftrd, e, LS&O Coekbcbew-btaihs. SeeJNeweZ,Step, and Vise. Corona (Lat.), 1. Part of aClassic cornice, as above; 2. The apse, hence the name BecketsCrown at Canterbury; 3. Acircle of lights or chandelier.
