crenel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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.)
    scallop; crenation; crenelle; crenature.
  2. noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
    crenelle.
  3. verb supply with battlements
    crenellate; crenelate.

WordNet


Cre*nel" noun
Definitions
  1. See Crenelle.

Webster 1913