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crenel

Noun

cren=el

WORDNET DICTIONARY

crenel(n = noun.shape) crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop - 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.); Array

is a kind of curve, curved shape

crenel(n = noun.artifact) crenelle - a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement; Array

is a part of battlement, crenelation, crenellation

is a kind of space

Derived forms verb crenelate₁, verb crenellate₁

crenel(v = verb.possession) crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlements; Array

is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

crenel, n.

See Crenelle. [1913 Webster]

crenel, n. [OF. crenel, F. crneau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.].

An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement. [1913 Webster]
Same as Crenature. [1913 Webster]

crenel, n. (also crenelle) an indentation or gap in the parapet of a tower, castle, etc., orig. for shooting through etc.

Etymology

ME f. OF crenel, ult. f. pop.L crena notch

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