Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the open spaces of a battlemented parapet which alternate with the merlons or cops. See
battlement . Alsocrenel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See
merlon , andIllust. ofbattlement . - noun (Bot.) Same as
Crenature .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
crenel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
- 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.)
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The other three facades bear the crenelle ornaments; the two to the north show double lines of seven holes drilled deep into the plain surface above the door, as if a casing had been nailed on; while the northernmost yielded a fragmentary inscription on the southern wall.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First George Manville Fenn 1870
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The other three facades bear the crenelle ornaments; the two to the north show double lines of seven holes drilled deep into the plain surface above the door, as if a casing had been nailed on; while the northernmost yielded a fragmentary inscription on the southern wall.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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