Obs. Also 4 karnel. [a. ONF. carnel (Cotgr. carneau), var. of kernel, in OF. crenel: see KERNEL.] An early variant of the word KERNEL, CRENELL, battlement, embrasure.
c. 1320. Cast. Loue, 695. Þe carnels so stondeþ vp-riht, Wel i-planed and feir i-diht.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1382. With koynt carneles aboue, coruen ful clene.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 1035. Þey wyþynne stode in karneles, Wyþ arblastes schotten ageyn quarels.
c. 1340. Cursor M. (Trin. & Laud MSS.). Þis castel … with carneles is hit set ful wele.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VI. 78. Þe carnels beþ of Cristendom … brutaget with þe bileeue.
