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Definition of Crenelles
1. crenelle [n] - See also: crenelle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenelles
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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