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单词 parapeted
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parapetedadj.

Brit. /ˈparəpᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəpədᵻd/, /ˈpɛrəˌpɛdəd/
Forms: 1800s– parapeted, 1900s– parapetted (nonstandard).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parapet n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < parapet n. + -ed suffix2.
Having one or more parapets. Also with modifying word.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [adjective] > having parapet
parapeted1845
1845 Littell's Living Age 18 Oct. 145 The little bridge with its low-parapeted wall.
1848 Dublin Univ. Mag Mar. 346/2 That on the left (as the spectator faces the castle) has a parapeted and battlemented platform, with a machicollation.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 1 A wider parapeted trench..designed for two rows of infantry.
1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 135 The parapeted C15 tower stands in the SW corner, added to a nave of C13 date.
1998 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 25 The bedroom has a part-sculptured ceiling and opens to a semi-circular parapeted terrace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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