merlon

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

merlet

Sinònims

battlement

crenellation

embattlement

castellation

Traduccions

Zinne

kanteel

merlo

almena

merlón

merlon

Merlon

merlatura

ameia

merlão

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɜːlən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb italià: mergolo

Cognat amb portuguès: merlão

Cognat amb espanyol: 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”).