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cren⋅el

  [kren-l] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–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  [kri-nel] .

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   (krěn'əl)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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