merlon
/mur-luhn/US // ˈmɜr lən //UK // (ˈmɜːlən) //
梅龙,梅隆,美伦
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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