Cre`nelle´ (kr?-n?l´)
crenelation, crenelle - A crenelation (from Latin crena, "notch") is a series of indentations or loopholes around the top of a castle, battlement, or wall—with each indentation being a crenelle (or crenel).
| n. | 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. |
crenelation, crenelle - A crenelation (from Latin crena, "notch") is a series of indentations or loopholes around the top of a castle, battlement, or wall—with each indentation being a crenelle (or crenel).
See also related terms for notch.
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| Noun | 1. |  crenelle - 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.)curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| 2. | crenelle - a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" |
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