† ˈcarnilate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. med.L. kernellāre, quernellāre (kernellate); cf. F. carnelé ‘imbattled, having battlements’ (Cotgr.): see carnel, and crenellate.]
To kernel, crenellate, or furnish with battlements.
| 1577 Harrison England ii. xix. (1878) i. 310 It is not lawfull for anie subject to carnilate, that is, build stone houses. |