merlonn.

Brit.

/ˈməːlən/, U.S.

/ˈmərl(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merlon.

Etymology: < French merlon part of parapet between two embrasures (1642) < Italian merlone raised section of a battlement (1561) < merlo in same sense (13th cent.; < post-classical Latin merulus (10th cent. in Italian sources), merlus (1159), perhaps < classical Latin merulus (see merle n.¹)) + -one -oon suffix. Compare Italian mergolo, glossed by Florio (1598) as ‘a pinnacle or battlement’. Compare also Spanish merlón, Portuguese merlão (18th cent.).The image suggested in the derivation of post-classical Latin merulus merlon < classical Latin merulus blackbird is of a row of birds sitting on a wall.

Fortification. Now historical.

A part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures; a raised section of a battlement. Formerly also: †a similar structure on a battleship (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > part between embrasures

merlon1704

gun-portion1876

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > embattled platform on warship

top-castle13..

merlon1790

military top1887

military foretop1895

fighting-top1896

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Merlon, in Fortification, is that Part of the Parapet which lies betwixt two Embrasures.

1757 W. Smith Hist. New York 188 This Battery is built of Stone, and the Merlons consist of Cedar Joists, filled in with Earth.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 101 Having her merlons filled with earth or sand, she [sc. the Gallicia] drew full as much water as some of our eighty gun ships.

1833 H. Straith Treat. Fortif. 5 The solid portion of the parapet between two embrasures is called the merlon.

1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 285 One of the merlons in the parapets is pierced for a small cannon.

1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. v. 101 In the later mediaeval period..it..became a principle of the design to lower the main height of the parapet and raise sections of it to form ‘merlons’, behind which defenders could retreat if pressed.

1992 V. Vinge Fire upon Deep ii. xviii. 146 He padded single file from one tunnel to the next, emerging for a few moments on a rampart to flit from merlon to embrasure to merlon.

Derivatives

ˈmerlon-wise adv. rare

ΚΠ

a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 238 He trained a horse to pace round narrow stones laid merlon-wise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merlon
释义	merlonn. Brit. /ˈməːlən/, U.S. /ˈmərl(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merlon. Etymology: < French merlon part of parapet between two embrasures (1642) < Italian merlone raised section of a battlement (1561) < merlo in same sense (13th cent.; < post-classical Latin merulus (10th cent. in Italian sources), merlus (1159), perhaps < classical Latin merulus (see merle n.¹)) + -one -oon suffix. Compare Italian mergolo, glossed by Florio (1598) as ‘a pinnacle or battlement’. Compare also Spanish merlón, Portuguese merlão (18th cent.).The image suggested in the derivation of post-classical Latin merulus merlon < classical Latin merulus blackbird is of a row of birds sitting on a wall. Fortification. Now historical. A part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures; a raised section of a battlement. Formerly also: †a similar structure on a battleship (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > part between embrasures merlon1704 gun-portion1876 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > embattled platform on warship top-castle13.. merlon1790 military top1887 military foretop1895 fighting-top1896 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Merlon, in Fortification, is that Part of the Parapet which lies betwixt two Embrasures. 1757 W. Smith Hist. New York 188 This Battery is built of Stone, and the Merlons consist of Cedar Joists, filled in with Earth. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 101 Having her merlons filled with earth or sand, she [sc. the Gallicia] drew full as much water as some of our eighty gun ships. 1833 H. Straith Treat. Fortif. 5 The solid portion of the parapet between two embrasures is called the merlon. 1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 285 One of the merlons in the parapets is pierced for a small cannon. 1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. v. 101 In the later mediaeval period..it..became a principle of the design to lower the main height of the parapet and raise sections of it to form ‘merlons’, behind which defenders could retreat if pressed. 1992 V. Vinge Fire upon Deep ii. xviii. 146 He padded single file from one tunnel to the next, emerging for a few moments on a rampart to flit from merlon to embrasure to merlon. Derivatives ˈmerlon-wise adv. rare ΚΠ a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 238 He trained a horse to pace round narrow stones laid merlon-wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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