Merlon Definition
mûrlən
noun
The solid part of a battlement or parapet, between two openings, or crenels.
Webster's New World
(architecture, military) Any of the projections between the embrasures of a battlement.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Merlon
Noun
Singular:
merlon
Plural:
merlonsOrigin of Merlon
French from Italian merlone augmentative of merlo battlement perhaps from Medieval Latin merulus from Latin merle (from their imagined similarity to blackbirds sitting on a wall)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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