crenel (embrasure)

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• crenel — [kri nel′kren′əl] n. [OFr, dim. < VL crena, a notch: see CRENATE] any of the indentations or loopholes in the top of a battlement or wall; embrasure: also crenelle [kri nel′] vt. creneled or crenelled, creneling or crenelling to crenelate …   English World dictionary

• Embrasure — For the area of the mouth, see Embrasure (dentistry). Inverted keyhole embrasure, allowing both arrow fire (through the arrow slit at the top) and small cannon fire through the circular opening, Château de Caen, France …   Wikipedia

• Crenel — Crenelle Cre*nelle , Crenel Cre*nel (kr? n?l ), n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• embrasure — embrasured, adj. /em bray zheuhr/, n. 1. (in fortification) an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged. 2. Archit. a splayed enlargement of a door or window toward the inner face of a wall. 3. Dentistry. the… …   Universalium

• crenel —    , crenelation, crenelated    In architecture, crenelation is the indented or notched construction of the battlements atop a wall; a crenelated wall is one topped with merlons pieces of wall protecting defenders who looked through and used… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• crenellated — or crenelated adjective Etymology: French créneler to furnish with embrasures, from Old French querneler, from kernel, crenel embrasure, diminutive of cren notch, from crener to notch; akin to Medieval Latin crena Date: circa 1823 having… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• créneau — [ kreno ] n. m. • crenel 1154; de cren → cran I ♦ 1 ♦ Ouverture pratiquée à intervalles réguliers au sommet d un rempart, d une tour, et qui servait à la défense. Merlons et embrasure du créneau. Château, mur à créneaux. ⇒ crénelé. 2 ♦ Ouverture… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Crenelle — Cre*nelle , Crenel Cre*nel (kr? n?l ), n. [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Merlon — For the Paper Mario series character, see Merlon (Mario). Merlons of the Alcazaba in Almeria, Spain. In architecture, a merlon forms the solid part of an embattled parapet, sometimes pierced by embrasures. The space between two merlons is usually …   Wikipedia

• notch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nick, gut, gash, score; groove, rut, pit, pock; cleft, dent, dint, indentation; dimple; defile, pass, gap, opening, hole; serrature, tooth; crenel, scallop; embrasure, battlement, machicolation,… …   English dictionary for students

• Battlement — Castellated redirects here. For the hardware item, see castellated nut. 9th cent. BC relief of an Assyrian attack on a walled town with battlements …   Wikipedia