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Meanings of crenel in inglés

español
crenación

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.)

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        crenación

        Supply with battlements.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "scallop"
              Examples for "scallop"
              1
              The rays in turn decimated the bay scallop populations around North Carolina.
              The Guardian
              2
              The stretched-out slow-time ripping open of a scallop by a famished starfish.
              The Scar
              3
              Rinse the scallop meat and pat dry, leaving them on the shells.
              The Guardian
              4
              Rei speared a pan-grilled scallop from the bed of endive and watercress.
              Afternoon delight
              5
              Stella pushed a bloated scallop around her plate with her fork, annoyed.
              Sloane Sisters
              1
              Round the upper edge of the basin were what looked like crenelles, and between these the swallow had built her nest.
              The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
              2
              Madame de Nucingen would lap up all the mud between the Rue Saint-Lazare and the Rue de Crenelle to gain admission to my salon.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
              Usage of crenel in inglés
              1
              Silk came and rested his forearms on a crenel next to him.
              Dancer’s Lament
              2
              And, turning aside, she motioned Gonzaga to the crenel she abandoned.
              Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
              3
              I lost.' Temper leaned his elbows on a crenel.
              Night of Knives
              4
              The Qualinesti princess swallowed hard and leapt through a crenel toward the magical fog ramp.
              The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
              5
              Storo simply threw his arms over the crenel.
              Return of the Crimson Guard
              6
              He rested more of his weight onto the crenel, leaned his head against the limestone merlon.
              Night of Knives
              7
              He leaned into a crenel and watched the rooftops and streets of the Outer Round before him.
              Dancer’s Lament
              8
              Chase, sometimes I wish we'd never met.' Temper turned and planted his elbows on the gritty limestone crenel.
              Night of Knives
              9
              She slid in through a crenel and fell to the catwalk to roll to a crouch, then froze.
              Dancer’s Lament
              10
              Renly vaulted up into a crenel.
              A clash of kings
              11
              Hurl glanced through a crenel, saw double ranks of crossbowmen standing atop a nearby tower, all aiming in their direction.
              Return of the Crimson Guard
              12
              He stopped at a view over the river, but did not lean out of the crenel as the stone would dirty his shirt.
              Dancer’s Lament
              13
              Vines and bird nests clogged the crenels, the machicolations, and the balistrariae.
              Cat’s Cradle
              14
              Just a few men on each, peering curiously through the crenels.
              To the blight: the eye of the world
              15
              To either side, the crenels looked down into deep courtyards.
              The last page
              16
              The solid old fabric has rows of crenels under the roof, which shows its warlike character.
              Cæsar or Nothing
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              Translations for crenel
              español
              crenación
              Crenel through the time