crenel | ||
1. | [ noun ] a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement | |
Synonyms: | crenelle | |
Related terms: | space battlement | |
2. | [ 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.) | |
Synonyms: | crenelle crenation scallop crenature | |
Related terms: | curve scallop | |
3. | [ verb ] supply with battlements | |
Synonyms: | crenellate crenelate | |
Related terms: | supply architecture crenelation battlement crenelle | |
Similar spelling: |
crenelle crenelate cranelike cranial Cromwell crinoline crenulate |