CRENEL Definition & Meaning

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crenel

[ kren-l ]

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noun

any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
a crenature.

verb (used with object)

creneled, creneling or (especially British) crenelled, crenelling.

to crenelate.

crenel

/ ˈkrɛnəl; krɪˈnɛl /

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of crenel¹

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; crenate, cranny

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of crenel¹

C15: from Old French, literally: a little notch, from cren notch, from Late Latin ��ŧ�Բ�

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“The crenels are all flat now. It’s slippy and feels dangerous when I walk on it.”

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Drifts climbed the walls and filled the crenels along the battlements, white blankets covered every roof, tents sagged beneath the weight.

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On the inside of the rampart and in the wide crenel between two upthrust merlons.

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The heads were mounted between the crenels, along the top of the wall, impaled on iron spikes so they faced out over the city.

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Over it there is sprung a high-arched, rough stone bridge, with crenelled walls, quite as artistic in its way as may be found in pictures of ancient English brook-crossings.

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