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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), noun See {Crenelle}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crenelle \Cre*nelle"\, Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), noun [OF. crenel, F. cr?neau, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See {Crenny}.]
1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See {Merlon}, and Illust. of {Battlement}.
2. (Bot.) Same as {Crenature}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crenel
noun
1: 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.) [syn: {scallop}, {crenation}, {crenature}, {crenelle}]
2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement [syn: {crenelle}]
verb: supply with battlements [syn: {crenelate}, {crenellate}]
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