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merlon

/mur-luhn/US // ˈmɜr lən //UK // (ˈmɜːlən) //

梅龙,梅隆,美伦

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the solid part between two crenels.

Examples

  • Friar Jerome, armed with an enormous mace, mounted on a merlon, felled all who came within his reach.

  • The same is also found in Italian battlements, where the merlon is of much greater height and is capped in a peculiar fashion.

  • Then, making one end fast to a merlon, he slid down after her.

  • Simon pulled on one end of the rope, and it snaked around the merlon and came rippling down to him.

  • Something whizzed past Simon's head and struck the brick merlon beside him.