parapeito

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) parapet (a piece of wood, generally at chest height, that makes up the inside of a window and is used as support by people leaning against it)
2. (masculine) parapet (land mass that protects the defender from frontal fire and allows the firing of their weapon to occur)
3. (masculine) balustrade, guardrail (protection at the edge of piers, bridges, terraces, etc.)

Sinonieme

peitoril

Para peito

Vertalings

parapet

ampit

parapet

vensterbank

davanzale

windowsill

Fensterbank

sill

antepecho

alféizar

appui de fenêtre

Brüstung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌpa.ɾɐˈpej.tu/

Etimologie (Engels)

Compound of parar + peito or borrowed from Italian parapetto.