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Definition of merlon in English: merlonnoun 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'. Definition of merlon in US English: merlonnounˈmərlənˈmərlən 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’. |