crenel

English

Alternative forms

crenelle

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛnəl/

Noun

crenel (plural crenels or creneaux)

The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 44:
  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 […].

Translations

space between merlons

Catalan: merlet (ca) m
Finnish: ampuma-aukko (fi)
French: créneau (fr) m

German: Zinne (de) f
Polish: miedza (pl) f
Portuguese: ameia (pt) f
Swedish: tinne (sv) c, krenå c

Old French

Noun

crenel m (oblique plural creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative singular creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative plural crenel)

Alternative form of kernel

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