Found 2 items, similar to Crenelle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: crenelle
crenelle
n 1: 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.) [syn:
scallop,
crenation,
crenature,
crenel]
2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated
battlement [syn:
crenel]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crenelle
Crenelle
\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.
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2. (Bot.) Same as
Crenature.
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