merlon

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

merlo

merlatura

sinonimi

battlement

crenellation

embattlement

castellation

Traduzioni

Zinne

kanteel

merlet

merlon

almena

merlón

Merlon

ameia

merlão

تزويد بفتحات نار

mazgallı siper

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɜːlən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine italiano: mergolo

Affine portoghese: merlão

Affine spagnolo: 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”).