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What (who) is Merlon - definition
PART OF A BATTLEMENT
Merloned; Merlons; Ghibelline merlon; Crenellated parapets
![Usage of merlons, from [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]]'s [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_raisonn%C3%A9_de_l%27architecture_fran%C3%A7aise_du_XIe_au_XVIe_si%C3%A8cle ''Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle'']](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Creneau.romain.png?width=200 "Usage of merlons, from [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]]'s [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_raisonn%C3%A9_de_l%27architecture_fran%C3%A7aise_du_XIe_au_XVIe_si%C3%A8cle ''Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle'']")
![Ghibelline merlons at [[Saint-Pierre Castle]], Italy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Castello di St.Pierre.jpg?width=200 "Ghibelline merlons at [[Saint-Pierre Castle]], Italy")
![Castle of Montechino]], Italy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Castello_montechino_torrione.jpg?width=200 "Castle of Montechino]], Italy")
![[[Cathedral of Évora]], Portugal](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Évora-El Alentejo-Portugal - panoramio - bobysolo (8).jpg?width=200 "[[Cathedral of Évora]], Portugal")
![[[Walls of Ávila]], Spain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Avila Capital - 084 (30399472010).jpg?width=200 "[[Walls of Ávila]], Spain")
![Torre de la Carrova, [[Amposta]], Spain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torre de la Carrova 5.JPG?width=200 "Torre de la Carrova, [[Amposta]], Spain")
![[[Moscow Kremlin Wall]], Russia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Колокольня Ивана Великого и Архангельский собор - panoramio.jpg?width=200 "[[Moscow Kremlin Wall]], Russia")
![[[São Jorge Castle]], Lisbon, Portugal](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lisboa 07 2013 - panoramio (98).jpg?width=200 "[[São Jorge Castle]], Lisbon, Portugal")
![[[Castle of Capdepera]], Mallorca, Spain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Capdepera - Castell de Capdepera 06 ies.jpg?width=200 "[[Castle of Capdepera]], Mallorca, Spain")
![Carcassonne]], France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cite de Carcassonne 4.JPG?width=200 "Carcassonne]], France")
Merlon
·noun One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. ·see ·Illust. of Battlement.
merlon
['m?:l?n]
¦ noun the solid part of a crenellated parapet between two embrasures.
Origin
C18: from Fr., from Ital. merlone, from merlo 'battlement'.
Merlon
A merlon is the solid upright section of a battlement (a crenellated parapet) in medieval architecture or fortifications.Friar, Stephen (2003).
Wikipedia
Merlon
A merlon is the solid upright section of a battlement (a crenellated parapet) in medieval architecture or fortifications. Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures or slits designed for observation and fire. The space between two merlons is called a crenel, and a succession of merlons and crenels is a crenellation. Crenels designed in later eras for use by cannons were also called embrasures.
