Definition of Crenelles

1. Noun. (plural of crenelle) ¹

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Definition of Crenelles

1. crenelle [n] - See also: crenelle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenelles

crenelates
crenelating
crenelation
crenelations
creneled
creneling
crenellate
crenellated
crenellated moulding
crenellates
crenellating
crenellation
crenellations
crenelle
crenelled
crenelles (current term)
crenelling
crenels
crenic acid
crenocyte
crenocytosis
crenotherapy
crenshaw
crenshaws
crenulate
crenulated
crenulation
crenulations
creo
creodont

Literary usage of Crenelles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"The "crenelles" are properly speaking the embrasures or open spaces between the " merlons," which are the upright solid pieces. ..."

2. The Feudal Régime by Charles Seignobos (1906)
"crenelles. They could also throw stones or pour molten pitch or boiling oil from galleries covered by open work which projected out from the ..."

3. The Valley of Aosta: A Descriptive and Historical Sketch of an Alpine Valley by Felice Giovanni Ferrero (1910)
"On the fallen bridge of St. Vincent,1 where a few fragments still stand, the upper side used to have a sort of merlon arrangement, in which the crenelles ..."

4. Surveying and Exploring in Siam by James McCarthy (1900)
"On the south side there are three small forts, each with 15 loop-holes, while along the wall there are 1400 loopholes and 73 crenelles. ..."

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