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CRENEL
crenel, crenelle
(noun) a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
(noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
crenel, crenelate, crenellate
(verb) supply with battlements
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crenel (plural crenels or creneaux)
The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Source: Wiktionary
Cre*nel" (kr-nl"), n.
Definition: See Crenelle.
Cre*nelle", Cre*nel" (kr-nl"), n. Etym: [OF. crenel, F. cr, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.]
1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Same as Crenature.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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