A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 148
ensions of wlii<-h mayb taken roughly as G feet high aliove the tojtof the Rampart with a width of from 5 to 7feet, is called the .Merlon or Co]), and sometinusalso Battlement. (See definition B.) Thismerlon is often jiierced by a loojihole, or evenby more than one. The lower piece of… … Battlement of Buick, of Decorativk Pubpo.se;Aekona. This is tlic i>atterji known as tlie Scalif?er or I.a Scala Battlo-mcnt. ])arapet is called Crenelle, Crenel, or in laterwriting. Embrasure, and this term may be heldto include the low parapet as well, or the lattermay be called the Parapet of…
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