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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