merlon

n. 城齿

发音

UK /ˈmɜːlən/
US /ˈmɝl(ə)n/

词形变化

merlons 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    历史 建筑 政治 军事
  2. 1.

    Alternative spelling of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

wall rampart bulwark

整体词 3

battlement crenelation crenellation

词源

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”).

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