ppl. a. [f. CRENEL v. + -ED. Cf. F. crénelé (12th c. in Littré).]
1. Embattled, crenellated; having embrasures.
[c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 14646. Castels … bretaxed and carneled.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. VI. 78. See KERNELED.]
1832. Blackw. Mag., XXXI. 787/1. Crenelled battlements.
1863. Kinglake, Crimea (1877), IV. xiii. 355. With a crenelled wall for muskets.
2. Having a notched or indented edge; in Bot. = CRENATE a.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Elder Tree, Leaves … sticking to short Stalks, and crenell’d on the Edges.
1769. Char., in Ann. Reg., 36/1. An instrument with a crenelled edge.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 242. The calyx is five-lobed … the disk a fleshy crenelled cup.
