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Crewel vs Crenel - What's the difference?

crewel | crenel |

As nouns the difference between crewel and crenel

is that crewel is worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery while crenel is the space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.

crewel

English

Alternative forms

* cruel

Noun

(en noun)
  • Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

    • crenel

    English

    Alternative forms

    *crenelle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
  • *2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 44:
  • *:They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing […].