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merlon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
merlon /ˈməːlən/

▶noun the solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures.

– origin C18: from Fr., from Ital. merlone, from merlo ‘battlement’.

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