Associations to the word «Merlon»

Wiktionary

MERLON, noun. (architecture) (military) Any of the projections between the embrasures of a battlement

Dictionary definition

MERLON, noun. A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley