Meaning of CRENELLE
| Pronunciation: | | kri'nel
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- [n] a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
- [n] 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.)
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| | Synonyms: | | crenation, crenature, crenel, crenel, scallop |
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| | See Also: | | battlement, crenelation, crenellation, curve, curved shape, space | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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