| 单词 | merlon |
| 释义 | merlon (once / 117023 pages) n A merlon is a solid, vertical part of the wall of a fort or a battlement. The narrow opening or tiny window in a merlon is called an "embrasure slit." Merlons are always solid, and often they are the upright, pointed sections of a parapet or fortification wall. If there are wide spaces between the merlons, they are called "crenels." You can see merlons on a variety of old forts and castles, as they were commonly used from medieval times on. The Italian root is merlone, from merlo, "battlement," possibly from the Latin mergae, "two-pronged pitchfork." WORD FAMILYmerlon: merlons USAGE EXAMPLESThe roof had been decorated with stone triangles, or merlons, that ran along its edges like rows of giant, pointy teeth. BBC(Feb 29, 2016) Its pale light cast the shadows of the tall triangular merlons across the frozen ground, a line of sharp black teeth. George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons(2011) On the inside of the rampart and in the wide crenel between two upthrust merlons. George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings(1998) n a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement Hyper bulwark, rampart, wall an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
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