crenel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹɛnəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).
Meanings
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The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically)
They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing, […]
2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Arya [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| creneaux | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| crenels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
fi ampuma-aukko (space between merlons) · cs mezizubí (space between merlons) · de Zinnenfenster (space between merlons) · ro crenel (space between merlons) · nb krenelering (space between merlons) · cs cimbuří (space between merlons) · sv skottglugg (space between merlons) · eo krenelo (space between merlons) · bg амбразура (space between merlons) · pt ameia (space between merlons) · pl miedza (space between merlons) · eo murdento (space between merlons) · fr créneau (space between merlons) · de Zinnenscharte (space between merlons) · ca merlet (space between merlons) · cs mezera (space between merlons)