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单词 half-merlon
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half-merlon
half-merlon n. Fortification (now historical) the solid portion of a parapet which is at the right or left extremity of a battery.
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1809 L. de Tousard Amer. Artillerist's Compan. II. viii. 264 Neither would the shot, which destroyed part of one side of the battery, have stopped the fire; and, by increasing the half merlon, such effect would be no more apprehended in that part.
1982 Iran 20 108 This fortress is further distinctive in that the towers are crowned by half-merlons, the curtain walls by triangular battlements.
2001 B. Farwell Encycl. 19th-cent. Land Warfare 382/2 Half Merlon, the merlon at the end of a parapet.
extracted from halfadj.
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half-merlon n. that solid portion of a parapet which is at the right or left extremity of a battery.
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