crenel

(noun, verb)

noun

1. 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.)

Similar word(s): crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop

Definition categories: shape, curve

2. a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement

Similar word(s): crenelle

Definition categories: man–made, space

verb

1. supply with battlements

Similar word(s): crenelate, crenellate

Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply