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cren·el    Audio Help   [kren-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling.
–noun
1.any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
2.a crenature.
–verb (used with object)
3.to crenelate.
Also, cre·nelle    Audio Help   [kri-nel] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1475–85; earlier creneul, crennel < MF, OF, appar. dim. of cren notch (attested since the 15th century), OF cran, of uncert. orig.; cf. crenate, cranny]
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cren·el    Audio Help   (krěn'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An open space or notch between two merlons in a battlement or crenelated wall.
  2. A crenature.


[Middle English, from Old French; see crenelated.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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
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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 

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