crenel

Example Sentences

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A bolt passed within a foot of him, shattering the crust of frozen snow that had plugged the closest crenel.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He knocked aside the wall of fresh-fallen snow filling up the crenel and leaned out between the merlons.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

On the inside of the rampart and in the wide crenel between two upthrust merlons.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The battlements bristled with spears and swords and scorpions, there was an archer at every crenel and arrow slit, the drawbridge was up, the portcullis down, the gates closed and barred.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

And, turning aside, she motioned Gonzaga to the crenel she abandoned.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael