Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Merlon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Merlon \Mer"lon\, n. [F., perh. fr. L. moerus, for murus a wall,
through (assumed) dim. moerulus.] (Fort.)
One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a
battlement. See Illust. of {Battlement}.
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