'Parapet' definitions:
Definition of 'parapet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
noun
Fortification consisting of a low wall [syn: parapet, breastwork]
Definition of 'Parapet'
From: GCIDE
- Parapet \Par"a*pet\, n. [F., fr. It. parapetto, fr. parare to ward off, guard (L. parare to prepare, provide) + petto the breast, L. pectus. See Parry, and Pectoral.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Arch.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fort.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parapet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- balistraria,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barrage,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- boom,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- casemate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- cofferdam,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- curtain,
- dam,
- defense,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- ditch,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- gate,
- glacis,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- logjam,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- parados,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- seawall,
- shutter dam,
- stockade,
- stone wall,
- tackling,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work