a. Her. Obs. [a. F. crénelé CRENELLED.] Having the edge indented like a battlement; EMBATTLED.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 179. These bendes are notched or nicked which thing the French worde Crenelle doth very aptlye signifie.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, II. v. (1632), 65. Hee beareth Gules, a Cheefe Crenelle, Argent.