crenel noun.
['krɛn(ǝ)l] Also crenelle
[krɪ'nɛl].
L15.[Old French (mod. créneau) from Proto-Gallo-Romance dim. of popular Latin crena (see CRENATE). Cf. KERNEL noun2.]Each of the open spaces or indentations in a battlemented parapet, orig. used for shooting through etc.; an embrasure. In
pl., battlements.
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