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
- pilgrim city
- pilgrimer
- pilgrimess
- Pilgrim Fathers
- pilgrimise
- pilgrimize
- pilgrim road
- pilgrim's badge
- pilgrim's bottle
- pilgrim settler
- pilgrim shell
- pilgrim sign
- pilgrim's pouch
- pilgrim's road
- pilgrim's shell
- pilgrim's sign
- pilgrims' way
- pilgrim's way
- pilgrim's weeds
- pilgrim train
- pilgrim vase
- pilgrim way
- pilgrim weeds
- pili
- piliated