crenel
noun
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
crenelle
-
a variation of
crenel.
Example Sentences
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Morgan speaks of the “direct line of self-love; the flecked and wavy line of pride; the clouded line of self-conceit; the indented line of envie; the crenelle line of ambition, &c.”
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Corrupted from crenelle; the holes in a battlement made for the purpose of shooting arrows and small shot.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
A line, formed like the battlements on a wall or tower, is said to be embattled or crenelle.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
