dentelated, dentellated, ppl. a.
(ˈdɛntɪleɪtɪd)
[Formed after F. dentelé ‘toothed, toothie; full of iags resembling little teeth’, Cotgr. (in Thierry 1564), f. OF. dentele, mod.F. dentelle, dim. of dent tooth.]
Having small teeth, indentations, or notches; finely indented.
| 1797 W. Tooke Cath. II (1798) III. xiv. 409 note, Ankar⁓strœm was armed with a dentelated poignard. 1824 Heber Jrnl. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 398 The wall is high, with dentellated battlements and lofty towers. 1885 A. M. Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. 90 A very fine red band, irregularly dentelated, or as it were crevassed. |