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单词 merlon
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Definition of merlon in English:

merlon

noun ˈməːlənˈmərlən
  • The solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I leaned on the embrasure between the teeth of the merlons and watched the activity on the streets below slowly die as the shadows drew longer.
    • I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’
    • Her fingertips brush absently at a potted plant that sits before her, in one of the gaps between the toothlike blocks of green stone (merlons) that, in a castle, would have protected against enemy arrows.
    • Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo 'battlement'.

Rhymes

Köln
 
 

Definition of merlon in US English:

merlon

nounˈmərlənˈmərlən
  • The solid part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’
    • Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt.
    • Her fingertips brush absently at a potted plant that sits before her, in one of the gaps between the toothlike blocks of green stone (merlons) that, in a castle, would have protected against enemy arrows.
    • I leaned on the embrasure between the teeth of the merlons and watched the activity on the streets below slowly die as the shadows drew longer.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo ‘battlement’.

 
 
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