crenel

3 definitions found

crenel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

crenel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, crenel,
           crenelle]
      2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated
         battlement [syn: crenel, crenelle]
      v 1: supply with battlements [syn: crenel, crenelate,
           crenellate]