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Crenel
Cre-nel′
(kr?-n?l′)
, Noun.
See
Crenelle
. {
Cre-nelle′
,Cre-nel′
}(kr?-n?l′)
, Noun.
[OF.
crenel
, F. cr[GREEK]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
.