Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crenel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
2. (Bot.) Same as {Crenature}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), n.
See {Crenelle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crenel
v : supply with battlements [syn: {crenelate}, {crenellate}]
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