Word of the Day: 'merlon'
merlon: A solid portion between two crenels in a battlement or crenelated wall. He ducked behind the merlon.
crenelated (or crenellated): 1. Having battlements. 2. Indented; notched: The castle had a crenelated wall.
From Dictionary.com
merlon
"solid part of a battlement," 1704, from Fr. merlon, from It. merlone, aug. of merlo "battlement," perhaps a contraction of mergola, dim. of L. mergae "two-pronged pitchfork."
From the Online Etymology Dictionary
(OED) ©November 2001
crenelated (or crenellated): 1. Having battlements. 2. Indented; notched: The castle had a crenelated wall.
From Dictionary.com
merlon
"solid part of a battlement," 1704, from Fr. merlon, from It. merlone, aug. of merlo "battlement," perhaps a contraction of mergola, dim. of L. mergae "two-pronged pitchfork."
From the Online Etymology Dictionary
(OED) ©November 2001
posted by Anemone Flynn | 9/12/2005 01:46:00 PM
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