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MERLON

• MERLON (noun)
The noun MERLON has 1 sense:

1. a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

Familiarity information: MERLON used as a noun is very rare.

• MERLON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("merlon" is a kind of...):

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

Holonyms ("merlon" is a part of...):

battlement; crenelation; crenellation (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns)

"Where one door shuts, another opens."
(English proverb)
"Time is gold."
(Albanian proverb)
"At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend."
(Arabic proverb)
"Keep throwing eggs on the wall."
(Cypriot proverb)

Useful links:
bulwark definition
Pronunciation of wall
crenellation definition
Pronunciation of battlement
rampart definition

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