merlon
/ˈməːlən
/noun
The solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures.Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt....
- 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.
- 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.
Origin
Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo 'battlement'.
Rhymes
- imit.
- imitable
- imitate
- imitation
- imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
- imitative
- imitatively
- imitativeness
- imitator
- imli
- Imma
- immaculacy
- immaculate
- Immaculate Conception
- Immaculate Heart
- immaculate lamb
- immaculately
- immaculateness
- immaculation
- immalleable
- immanacle
- immanation
- immane
- immanence
- immanence philosophy