Meanings
nouncrémaillère (plural crémaillères)
plural crémaillères
- An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification.
Origin
- Frenchcrémaillère
- Englishcrémaillère
Borrowed from French crémaillère.
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APA
crémaillère. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A9maill%C3%A8re
MLA
“crémaillère.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A9maill%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crémaillère,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A9maill%C3%A8re.
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