Associations to the word «Crenel»

Wiktionary

CRENEL, noun. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.

Dictionary definition

CRENEL, noun. 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.).
CRENEL, noun. A notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement.
CRENEL, verb. Supply with battlements.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope