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cren·el
Audio Help [kren-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British
) -elled, -el·ling.
Audio Help [kren-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British
) -elled, -el·ling. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement. |
| 2. | a crenature. |
| 3. | to crenelate. |
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crenel
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| cren·el
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n.
[Middle English, from Old French; see crenelated.] |
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crenel
"open space on an embattlement," c.1330, from O.Fr. crenel (12c.), apparently a dim. of cren "notch" (see cranny).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| crenel | |
noun | |
| 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] |
| 2. | a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement |
verb | |
| 1. | supply with battlements |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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