crenel

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crenel

/ˈkɹɛnəl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛnəl

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From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).

noun crenels · creneaux

The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically)
Similar: embrasure[Appendix:Glossary

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noun space between merlons

Português	ameia
Français	créneau
Deutsch	Zinnenfenster, Zinnenscharte
Română	crenel

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@misc{crenel_2026,
  title = {crenel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crenel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}