merlon

Betekenis (Engels)

Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.

Sinonieme

battlement

crenellation

embattlement

castellation

Vertalings

Zinne

kanteel

merlo

merlón

merlon

merlet

almena

merlatura

ameia

merlão

تزويد بفتحات نار

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɜːlən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Italiaans: mergolo

Verwante met Portugees: merlão

Verwante met Spaans: merlón

In summary

Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).