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Parapet

Parapet Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parapet? [n] fortification consisting of a low wall Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parapet: breastwork Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parapet: abatis \| advanced work \| arch dam \| backstop \| balistraria \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| banquette \| bar \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barrage \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| battlement \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| boom \| breakwater \| breastwork \| brick wall \| buffer \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| casemate \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| cofferdam \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| curtain \| dam \| defense \| demibastion \| dike \| ditch \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| embankment \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| gate \| glacis \| gravity dam \| groin \| hydraulic-fill dam \| iron curtain \| jam \| jetty \| leaping weir \| levee \| logjam \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| merlon \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| mound \| outwork \| palisade \| parados \| portcullis \| postern gate \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| roadblock \| rock-fill dam \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| seawall \| shutter dam \| stockade \| stone wall \| tackling \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| wall \| weir \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| fortification \| machicolation \| munition Parapet In Webster's Dictionary \Par"a*pet\, n. [F., fr. It. parapetto, fr. parare to ward off, guard (L. parare to prepare, provide) + petto the breast, L. pectus. See {Parry}, and {Pectoral}.] 1. (Arch.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like. 2. (Fort.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of {Casemate}.

Parapet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parapet?

[n] fortification consisting of a low wall

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parapet: breastwork

See Also | fortification | machicolation | munition

Parapet In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"a*pet\, n. [F., fr. It. parapetto, fr. parare to
ward off, guard (L. parare to prepare, provide) + petto the
breast, L. pectus. See {Parry}, and {Pectoral}.]
1. (Arch.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the
   edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

2. (Fort.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for
   covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See
   Illust. of {Casemate}.

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