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crenel

American  
[kren-l] / ˈkrɛn l /
Also crenelle

noun

  1. any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.

  2. a crenature.

verb (used with object)

creneled, creneling, crenelled, crenelling

  1. to crenelate.

crenel British  
/ ˈkrɛnəl, krɪˈnɛl /

noun

  1. any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement

  2. another name for crenation

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Etymology

Origin of crenel

1475–85; earlier creneul, crennel < Middle French, Old French, apparently diminutive of cren notch (attested since the 15th century), Old French cran, of uncertain origin; cf. crenate, cranny

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