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Crenel

Cre-nel′

(kr?-n?l′)
,
Noun.
See
Crenelle
.
{

Cre-nelle′

,

Cre-nel′

}
(kr?-n?l′)
,
Noun.
[OF.
crenel
, F.
cr[GREEK]neau
, 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.)
Same as
Crenature
.

Definition 2024


crenel

crenel

English

Alternative forms

Noun

crenel (plural crenels)

  1. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
    • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 44:
      They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing [].

Translations


Old French

Noun

crenel m (oblique plural creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative singular creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative plural crenel)

  1. Alternative form of kernel