merlon

英 ['mɜːlən] 美 ['mɝlən]
  • n. 城齿;枪眼与枪眼之间的墙壁

英文词源


merlon (n.)
"solid part of a battlement," 1704, from French merlon (17c.), from Italian merlone, augmentative of merlo "battlement," perhaps a contraction of mergola, diminutive of Latin mergae "two-pronged pitchfork."

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