a. Her. Obs. [a. F. crénelé CRENELLED.] Having the edge indented like a battlement; EMBATTLED.

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1586.  Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 179. These bendes … are notched or nicked which thing the French worde Crenelle doth very aptlye signifie.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, II. v. (1632), 65. Hee beareth Gules, a Cheefe Crenelle, Argent.

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