crenel

• “My legions were set in a convenient crenel overlooking the drawbridge and the low, swampy woods about a mile off to the west of the moat house.”

  Fictionaut: Virginity

• “Gerbert gave a snort of reluctant amusement and turned to look out through the crenel gap on a land lush with the melt-water and greenery of spring.”

  The Falcons of Montabard

• “Gasping from his climb, Strongfist lurched to the wall, leaned against a merlon and peered through the narrow crenel.”

  The Falcons of Montabard

• “When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces.”

  The Falcons of Montabard

• “The two men looked through the crenel and saw a herald approaching from the Saracen lines.”

  The Falcons of Montabard

• “Sabin paced along the wall walk and paused by the next crenel.”

  The Falcons of Montabard

• “Later, in the new spring, the dragon soared over the rocky plains, bringing back a holly bush, a crenel from ruined Nidus, a rickety hay wagon, and finally, his first killa small centicore that he must have pondered over for about a week, for the smell was so dreadful that the druidess threatened to sprout his tail with mushrooms unless he removed the carcass.”

  The Dragons of Krynn

• “Shaking himself, his self-possession recovered and his sweat dried, he lifted his knees and rolled into a crouch behind one of the merlons, peering through the crenel on its left.”

  Nightside The Long Sun

• “He leaned out farther still, his hands braced on the bottom of the crenel, to reassure himself about the construction of the wall.”

  Nightside The Long Sun

• “The edge of the crenel between two merlons was like a wedge driven into his back.”

  Nightside The Long Sun

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