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merlon

Noun

mer=lon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

merlon(n = noun.artifact) Array - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement; Array

is a kind of bulwark, rampart, wall

merlon, n. [F., perh. fr. L. moerus, for murus a wall, through (assumed) dim. moerulus.].

One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement. [1913 Webster]

merlon, n. the solid part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures.

Etymology

F f. It. merlone f. merlo battlement

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