merlon

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Koncepcje

blank

blanka

krenel

merlon

Synonimy

battlement

crenellation

embattlement

castellation

Tłumaczenia

Zinne

kanteel

merlo

merlon

merlet

almena

merlón

merlatura

ameia

merlão

تزويد بفتحات نار

mazgallı siper

Zinnen

Krenelierung

έπαλξη

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈmɜːlən/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Pokrewny z włoski: mergolo

Pokrewny z portugalski: merlão

Pokrewny z hiszpański: 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”).