merlon

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merlon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Merlon \Mer"lon\, n. [F., perh. fr. L. moerus, for murus a wall,
     through (assumed) dim. moerulus.] (Fort.)
     One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a
     battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.
     [1913 Webster]

merlon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  merlon
      n 1: a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated
           battlement