crenelle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun 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.)
noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement

An adjacent parapet was a shadowy line, and further crenelles and embrasures were barely hinted at in the dim starlight. — The People of the Black Circle, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel

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