crenel
pronunciation
How to pronounce crenel in British English:
UK ['krenəl]
How to pronounce crenel in American English:
US ['krenəl]
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- 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.)
- a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
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- Verb:
- supply with battlements
Word Origin
- crenel (n.)
- "open space on an embattlement," early 14c., from Old French crenel (12c.), apparently a diminutive of cren "notch" (see cranny).