crenelle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crenelle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crenelle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crenelle n one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) Synonym(s): scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement Synonym(s): crenel, crenelle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crenelle \Crenelle"\, Crenel \Crenel"\ (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 {Merlon}, and Illust. of {Battlement}. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Crenature}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crenature \Cren"a*ture\ (kr?n"?-t?r [or] kr?"n?-; 135), n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also {crenelle}. 2. The state of being crenated or notched.