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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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