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Definition of parapet
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of parapet is as below...
Parapet
(n.) A low wall,
especially
one
serving
to
protect
the edge of a
platform,
roof,
bridge,
or the
like..
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Enfilade
::
Enfilade
(n.) A
firing
in the
direction
of the
length
of a
trench,
or a line of
parapet
or
troops,
etc.; a
raking
fire..
Hurter
::
Hurter
(v. t.) A
butting
piece;
a
strengthening
piece,
esp.:
(Mil.)
A piece of wood at the lower end of a
platform,
designed
to
prevent
the
wheels
of gun
carriages
from
injuring
the
parapet..
Banquette
::
Banquette
(n.) A
raised
way or foot bank,
running
along the
inside
of a
parapet,
on which
musketeers
stand to fire upon the
enemy..
Counterscarf
::
Counterscarf
(n.) The
exterior
slope or wall of the
ditch;
--
sometimes,
the whole
covered
way,
beyond
the
ditch,
with its
parapet
and
glacis;
as, the enemy have
lodged
themselves
on the
counterscarp..
Earthbag
::
Earthbag
(n.) A bag
filled
with
earth,
used
commonly
to raise or
repair
a
parapet..
Embrasure
::
Embrasure
(n.) An
aperture
with slant sides in a wall or
parapet,
through
which
cannon
are
pointed
and
discharged;
a
crenelle.
See
Illust.
of
Casemate..
Balcony
::
Balcony
(n.) A
platform
projecting
from the wall of a
building,
usually
resting
on
brackets
or
consoles,
and
inclosed
by a
parapet;
as, a
balcony
in front of a
window.
Also, a
projecting
gallery
in
places
of
amusement;
as, the
balcony
in a
theater..
Escarp
::
Escarp
(n.) The side of the ditch next the
parapet;
-- same as
scarp,
and
opposed
to
counterscarp..
Balustrade
::
Balustrade
(n.) A row of
balusters
topped
by a rail,
serving
as an open
parapet,
as along the edge of a
balcony,
terrace,
bridge,
staircase,
or the eaves of a
building..
Gazon
::
Gazon (n.) One of the
pieces
of sod used to line or cover
parapets
and the faces of
earthworks.
Stoop
::
Stoop (n.)
Originally,
a
covered
porch with
seats,
at a house door; the Dutch stoep as
introduced
by the Dutch into New York.
Afterward,
an
out-of-door
flight
of
stairs
of from seven to
fourteen
steps,
with
platform
and
parapets,
leading
to an
entrance
door some
distance
above the
street;
the
French
perron.
Hence,
any
porch,
platform,
entrance
stairway,
or small
veranda,
at a house
door..
Plongee
::
Plongee
(n.) A slope or
sloping
toward
the
front;
as, the
plongee
of a
parapet;
the
plongee
of a shell in its
course..
Esplanade
::
Esplanade
(n.) The
glacis
of the
counterscarp,
or the slope of the
parapet
of the
covered
way
toward
the
country..
Profiling
::
Profiling
(n.) In the
construction
of
fieldworks,
the
erection
at
proper
intervals
of
wooden
profiles,
to show to the
workmen
the
sectional
form of the
parapets
at those
points..
Tread
::
Tread (n.) The top of the
banquette,
on which
soldiers
stand to fire over the
parapet..
Merlon
::
Merlon
(n.) One of the solid parts of a
battlemented
parapet;
a
battlement.
See
Illust.
of
Battlement.
Scarp
::
Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch
nearest
the
parapet;
the
escarp.
Brisure
::
Brisure
(n.) Any part of a
rampart
or
parapet
which
deviates
from the
general
direction.
Contravallation
::
Contravallation
(n.) A
trench
guarded
with a
parapet,
constructed
by
besiegers,
to
secure
themselves
and check
sallies
of the
besieged..
Filleting
::
Filleting
(n.) The
protecting
of a
joint,
as
between
roof and
parapet
wall, with
mortar,
or
cement,
where
flashing
is
employed
in
better
work..
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