[syn: crenel, crenelle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. The state of being crenated or notched.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crenelle \Cre*nelle"\, Crenel \Cre*nel"\ (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.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crenelle
n 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.) [syn: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel,
crenelle]
2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated
battlement [syn: crenel, crenelle]