merlon

merlon

mer·lon

 (mûr′lən)

n.

A solid portion between two crenels in a battlement or crenelated wall.

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[French, from Italian merlone, augmentative of merlo, battlement, perhaps from Medieval Latin merulus, from Latin, merle (from their imagined similarity to blackbirds sitting on a wall).]

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merlon

(ˈmɜːlən)

n

(Fortifications) fortifications the solid upright section in a crenellated battlement

[C18: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo battlement]

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mer•lon

(ˈmɜr lən)

n.

(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.

[1695–1705; < French < Italian merlone]

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merlon - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns bulwark, rampart, wall - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

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