Definitions for: Crenelle

[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.)

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenel, scallop

See Also: battlement, crenelation, crenellation, curve, curved shape, space

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