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21MERLON — n. m. T. de Fortification La partie pleine du parapet qui est entre deux embrasures, entre deux créneaux …
22merlon — /merr leuhn/, n. (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels. See illus. under battlement. [1695 1705; < F < It merlone, aug. of merlo (in pl., merli battlements) < ?] * * * …
23merlon — noun Any of the projections between the embrasures of a battlement …
24Merlon — Part of an embattled parapet, the tooth like projections between which a gap affords a soldier or archer some protection. Cf. Crenelle …
25merlon — n. solid narrow wall between two crenels in battlements …
26merlon — [ mə:lən] noun the solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures. Origin C18: from Fr., from Ital. merlone, from merlo battlement …
27Merlon — The high segment of alternating high and low segments of a battlement, sometimes pierced with slits. ♦ Part of a battlement, the square sawtooth between crenels. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226) ♦ Solid part of embattled …
28merlon — mer·lon …
29merlon — mer•lon [[t]ˈmɜr lən[/t]] n. for (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels • Etymology: 1695–1705; < F < It merlone …
30merlon — /ˈmɜlən/ (say merluhn) noun (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels. {French, from Italian merlone, from Latin mergae fork} …
