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Merlon

Merlon Meaning & Definition
Merlon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Merlon?

[n] a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

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See Also | battlement | bulwark | crenelation | crenellation | rampart | wall

Merlon In Webster's Dictionary

\Mer"lon\, n. [F., perh. fr. L. moerus, for murus a wall, through (assumed) dim. moerulus.] (Fort.) One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of {Battlement}.

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