Crenel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), n.
     See {Crenelle}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Crenelle \Cre*nelle"\, Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), n. [OF.
     crenel, F. cr?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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Same as {Crenature}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crenel
       n 1: 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.) [syn: {scallop}, {crenation},
            {crenature}, {crenelle}]
       2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated
          battlement [syn: {crenelle}]
       v : supply with battlements [syn: {crenelate}, {crenellate}]