crenelle
noun
1 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.).
synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, scallop.
Roget 257: notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple. embrasure, battlement, machicolation†; saw, tooth, crenelle†, scallop, ... show more
2 crenelle
A notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement.
synonym: crenel.
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