crenelle 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; crenel; crenation; crenature.
  2. noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
    crenel.

WordNet

Cre*nelle", Cre*nel" noun (Also<
  • Crenelle
  • Crenel
)
Etymology
OF. crenel, F. crneau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.
Definitions
  1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.
  2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.

Webster 1913