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Definition of Crenels
1. crenel [v] - See also: crenel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenels
Literary usage of Crenels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles; these cui-out portions
arc known as " crenels "; the solid widths bet«-cin thf ..."
2. Roman Sculpture from Augustus to Constantine by Eugénie (Sellers) Strong (1907)
"The squarely built figures of the crenels, somewhat resembling the frontal images
of archaic art, and the groups of the metopes, probably represent a real ..."
3. The Life of Cesare Borgia of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince by Rafael Sabatini (1912)
"He reached it, and was dangling there, perhaps undecided whether or One September
night a cord was let down from the crenels of the tower, and by this the ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... especially of the merlons and crenels of a battlement. CRETE, ARCHITECTURE OP.
This great island has been little explored because, still remaining ..."
5. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"In it merlons alternate with embrasures or crenels. Through the lower part, the
embrasure, the soldier got a view of the besiegers ; behind the merlon he ..."
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