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Definition of Crenel

Crenel
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. 2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.
Crenel
Crenel Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l"), n. See Crenelle.

Meaning of Crenel from wikipedia

- Look up embrasure  or crenel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An embrasure (or crenel or crenelle; sometimes called gunhole in the domain of gunpowder-era...
- from within the defences. These gaps are termed embrasures, also known as crenels or crenelles, and a wall or building with them is described as crenellated;...
- space between two merlons is called a crenel, and a succession of merlons and crenels is a crenellation. Crenels designed in later eras for use by cannons...
- In mathematics, the crenel function is a periodic discontinuous function P(x) defined as 1 for x belonging to a given interval and 0 outside of it. It...
- Romeo Crennel (born June 18, 1947) is a former American football coach, who was the senior advisor for football performance for the Houston Texans of the...
- function, as infinitely many intervals can ac****ulate in a finite region. Crenel function Piecewise Sigmoid function Simple function Step detection Heaviside...
- The open ones were accessed from the battlement's wall walk, or from a crenel. Medieval latrines (called garderobes) were fairly similar in construction...
- generally crenellated with merlons to protect the defenders and lower crenels or embrasures which allowed them to shoot from behind cover; merlons were...
- measures 6 m (20 ft) wide, almost equivalent to the width of a street. 8,122 crenels, four octagons and four turrets were built on the wall. Four gates were...
- machicolations, and loopholes. Crenellation is the collective name for alternating crenels and merlons: gaps and solid blocks on top of a wall. ****dings were wooden...