Definition of merlon in English:

merlon

noun ˈməːlənˈmərlən

The solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures.
城齿，（城）堞
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
- I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’
- 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.
- Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo 'battlement'.

Rhymes

Köln

Definition of merlon in US English:

merlon

nounˈmərlənˈmərlən

The solid part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures.
城齿，（城）堞
Example sentencesExamples
- I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’
- Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt.
- 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.
- 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.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo ‘battlement’.

单词	merlon
释义	Definition of merlon in English: merlon noun ˈməːlənˈmərlən The solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures. 城齿，（城）堞 Example sentencesExamples 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. I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’ 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. Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt. Origin Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo 'battlement'. Rhymes Köln Definition of merlon in US English: merlon nounˈmərlənˈmərlən The solid part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures. 城齿，（城）堞 Example sentencesExamples I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’ Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt. 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. 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. Origin Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo ‘battlement’.
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