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CrenelleFrom LoveToKnow 1911 CRENELLE (an O. Fr. word for "notch," mod. creneau; the origin is obscure; cf. "cranny"), a term generally considered to mean an embrasure of a battlement, ...
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A crenel (also spelled as " crenelle" and alternatively known as a "carnel", " embrasure", "loop" or "wheeler'") is an indentation in the 15th century from Old French and comes ultimately from the Latin word crena, "notch". Its opposite is the merlon.
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Crenellation- same as battlements. Traditionally seen as being defensive, recent research suggests that "a licence to crenelate" may have been granted more for heraldic reasons, as a mark of grace and favour.
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Crenellations Square notches in the top of a wall. Each notch is a crenel and each section of wall a merlon. The soldiers stood behind the merlons and shot through the crenels.
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crenellation A regular series of gaps in the low wall at the edge of a roof. cresting A decorative rail, or a row of finials, or another feature at the top of a building, often along the ridge of the roof.
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CrenelationAlso called a battlement. This is a parapet (a low wall) constructed at the top of a larger wall for defensive purposes, behind which defenders can shelter or fight.
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Crenel, Crenelle: The part of a parapet which is indented alternating with the solid uprights called merlons, which allowed the defenders to fire at the enemy while gaining protection from the merlons against the returned fire.
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crenellation: fortification- a "license to crenellate" was official permission to raise a fortified building or fortify an existing structure. Jagged protective stonework at the top of a castle wall. crenels: low sections of the battlements.
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Parapet - the upper part of a wall, often used to hide roofs and decorated for architectural effect; e.g. crenellated or battlemented in the form of a castle wall.
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See also: Architecture, Tower, House, Brick, Crenellation

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