Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An open space or notch between two merlons in a battlement or crenelated wall.
- noun A crenature.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The peak at the top of a helmet.
- noun Same as
crenelle . - noun In botany, a tooth of a crenate leaf; a crenature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
crenelle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The space between
merlons in acrenelated battlement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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.)
- verb supply with battlements
- noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My legions were set in a convenient crenel overlooking the drawbridge and the low, swampy woods about a mile off to the west of the moat house.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Gerbert gave a snort of reluctant amusement and turned to look out through the crenel gap on a land lush with the melt-water and greenery of spring.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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The two men looked through the crenel and saw a herald approaching from the Saracen lines.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Sabin paced along the wall walk and paused by the next crenel.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Gasping from his climb, Strongfist lurched to the wall, leaned against a merlon and peered through the narrow crenel.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Later, in the new spring, the dragon soared over the rocky plains, bringing back a holly bush, a crenel from ruined Nidus, a rickety hay wagon, and finally, his first killa small centicore that he must have pondered over for about a week, for the smell was so dreadful that the druidess threatened to sprout his tail with mushrooms unless he removed the carcass.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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Shaking himself, his self-possession recovered and his sweat dried, he lifted his knees and rolled into a crouch behind one of the merlons, peering through the crenel on its left.
Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
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He leaned out farther still, his hands braced on the bottom of the crenel, to reassure himself about the construction of the wall.
Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
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The edge of the crenel between two merlons was like a wedge driven into his back.
Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
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