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Definitions for Crenel

[1] any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
[2] a crenature.
[3] to crenelate.
[4] any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
[5] another name for crenation

Words related to Crenel

incision, indentation, impression, sink, cut, cavity, scratch, pit, hollow, crater, nick, score, trough, dimple, dint, notch, dip, furrow, scallop, embrasure

Words nearby Crenel

cremorne bolt, crena, crenate, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelate, crenelated, crenellate, crenellated, crenocyte

Origin of Crenel

1475–85; earlier creneul, crennel < Middle French, Old French, apparently diminutive of cren notch (attested since the 15th century), Old French cran, of uncertain origin; cf. crenate, cranny

Word origin for Crenel

C15: from Old French, literally: a little notch, from cren notch, from Late Latin crēna

Synonyms for Crenel

incision, indentation, cavity, crater, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough, con-cavity