MEANING
A solid raised section of a battlement between its gaps or openings.
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Words that belong together
- stone merlon
- shelter behind a merlon
- crenels and merlons
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The archer sheltered behind a merlon while reloading.
One merlon was lower than the rest after the collapse.
Sunlight alternated with shadow across the crenels and merlons.
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Word forms
- Base
- merlon
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular merlon; plural merlons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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