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Crenelle

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Noun

1. crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop

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.)

2. crenel, crenelle

a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crenelle

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noun
1. 
any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
2.  another name for crenation

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Crenelle

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noun
1. 
any of the indentations or loopholes in the top of a battlement or wall; embrasure
: also creˈnelle (krɪˈnɛl ; krinelˈ)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcreneled or ˈcrenelled, ˈcreneling or ˈcrenelling
2. 
to crenelate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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