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Battlement feature
Answer for the clue "Battlement feature ", 6 letters:
crenel
Alternative clues for the word crenel
Word definitions for crenel in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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.) [syn: scallop ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"open space on an embattlement," early 14c., from Old French crenel (12c.), apparently a diminutive of cren "notch" (see cranny ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (kr?-n?l"), n. See Crenelle .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Usage examples of crenel.
No crenels or loopholes for gunners to shoot through, no towers or turrets, nor any indication the wall had ever had them.
The spire of a church rose dominantly above the red roofs, a fort guarded the entrance of the wide harbor, with guns thrusting their muzzles between the crenels, and the wide facade of Government House revealed itself dominantly placed on a gentle hill above the town.
The spire of a church rose dominantly above the red roofs, a fort guarded the entrance of the wide harbour, with guns thrusting their muzzles between the crenels, and the wide facade of Government House revealed itself dominantly placed on a gentle hill above the town.
Dick hopped up on the crenel for a better shot, jerked his crossbow to his shoulder, and sent a quarrel thrumming toward the torch man.
From heer I can look down on2 thi terisses & litil villiges on thi roofs ov thi parapet merlons wif thi litle feelds on thi crenels & if I look rite down I can c thi flat green valey that is thi alure but I xpect nun ov this terminoloji meens much if u doan no mutch about cassils.