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