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merlon Fortification.|ˈmɜːlən|
[F. merlon (= Sp. merlon, Pg. merlão), ad. It. merlone, augm. of merlo, merla battlement, perhaps a contraction of the synonymous mergolo (Florio), mergola, app. a dim. f. L. mergæ (pl.) pitchfork.]
The part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures; † a similar structure on a battleship.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Merlon, in Fortification, is that Part of the Parapet which lies betwixt two Embrasures. 1757W. Smith Hist. New York 188 This Battery is built of Stone, and the Merlons consist of Cedar Joists, filled in with Earth. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 101 Having her merlons filled with earth or sand, she [the Gallicia] drew full as much water as some of our eighty gun ships. 1833Straith Fortif. 5 The solid portion of the parapet between two embrasures is called the merlon. 1894R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorld. 285 One of the merlons in the parapets is pierced for a small cannon.
Comb.a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 238 He trained a horse to pace round narrow stones laid merlon-wise. |