crenel
crenel · crenels · creneaux
Zinnenfenster, Zinnenscharte
The space between merlons in a crenelated battlementThe space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
/ˈkɹɛnəl/
Meaning
1 sensesThe space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically)
Zinnenfenster, Zinnenscharte
a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
Translations
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By meaning 1
space between merlons:
Origin
From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).
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Forms
plural: crenels / creneauxSynonyms
5 synonymsembrasure[Appendix:Glossary
Close in meaning
- a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement:crenelle
- 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.):scallopcrenationcrenaturecrenelle
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedcrenelled
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular