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.

Concepten

kanteel

Synoniemen

battlement

crenellation

embattlement

castellation

Vertalingen

Zinne

merlo

merlet

merlon

almena

merlón

Merlon

merlatura

ameia

merlão

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɜːlən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Italiaans: mergolo

Verwant aan Portugees: merlão

Verwant aan 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”).