My word of the day: Crenel / Crenellated

[Jp!]

I was using this word and someone said "What's CRENEL(L)ATED mean?"....




Noun 1. crenelcrenel - 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.)
crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop
curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
2. crenel - a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
crenelle
battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"

Verb 1. crenel - supply with battlements
crenelate, crenellate
architecture - the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
furnish, provide, supply, render - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

[mikebw]

Oh yeah, crenelation, I use that word on a daily basis. Or at least whenever I happen to be discussing castles and medieval siege warfare.

[Jp!]

Two T-Rexes of a feather, I would say! Merlono-a-Merlano...just me and you bud.

[rgG]

They probably wouldn't know what a denticulated cornice or a trebuchet is either.

BTW, did you know that a "loophole" is the slit in the side of the castle wall that the archers used to shoot arrows at the enemy while staying protected? Fun fact #567, share with your friends.

[papercup]

I fart in your general direction!

[rgG]

[Seacrest]

[davester]

Funnily enough, that word is in common use today...by geologists and paleontologists. We use it to describe various geologic features and characteristics of fossils.

[blooz]

[quote rgG]They probably wouldn't know what a denticulated cornice or a trebuchet is either.

BTW, did you know that a "loophole" is the slit in the side of the castle wall that the archers used to shoot arrows at the enemy while staying protected? Fun fact #567, share with your friends.
rgG—are you secretly a dungeons and dragons player?

[mikebw]

Oh come on, everybody knows what a trebuchet is.

Right? .... Guys?