merlon

merlon

mer·lon

M0231200 (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).]

merlon

(ˈmɜːlən) n (Fortifications) fortifications the solid upright section in a crenellated battlement[C18: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo battlement]

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 battlementbattlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsbulwark, 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"