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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 wall,
rampart,
or
elevation
of
earth,
for
covering
soldiers
from an
enemy's
fire; a
breastwork.
See
Illust.
of
Casemate..
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Bonnet
::
Bonnet
(n.) A small
defense
work at a
salient
angle;
or a part of a
parapet
elevated
to
screen
the other part from
enfilade
fire.
Brisure
::
Brisure
(n.) Any part of a
rampart
or
parapet
which
deviates
from the
general
direction.
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..
Envelop
::
Envelop
(n.) A work of
earth,
in the form of a
single
parapet
or of a small
rampart.
It is
sometimes
raised
in the ditch and
sometimes
beyond
it..
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..
Scarp
::
Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch
nearest
the
parapet;
the
escarp.
Redan
::
Redan (n.) A work
having
two
parapets
whose faces unite so as to form a
salient
angle
toward
the
enemy.
Parapet
::
Parapet
(n.) A wall,
rampart,
or
elevation
of
earth,
for
covering
soldiers
from an
enemy's
fire; a
breastwork.
See
Illust.
of
Casemate..
Brattishing
::
Brattishing
(n.)
Carved
openwork,
as of a
shrine,
battlement,
or
parapet..
Rampart
::
Rampart
(n.) A broad
embankment
of earth round a
place,
upon which the
parapet
is
raised.
It forms the
substratum
of every
permanent
fortification..
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..
Tread
::
Tread (n.) The top of the
banquette,
on which
soldiers
stand to fire over the
parapet..
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..
Pate
::
Pate (n.) A kind of
platform
with a
parapet,
usually
of an oval form, and
generally
erected
in
marshy
grounds
to cover a gate of a
fortified
place..
Flank
::
Flank (n.) That part of a
bastion
which
reaches
from the
curtain
to the face, and
defends
the
curtain,
the flank and face of the
opposite
bastion;
any part of a work
defending
another
by a fire along the
outside
of its
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..
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..
Chandelier
::
Chandelier
(n.) A
movable
parapet,
serving
to
support
fascines
to cover
pioneers..
Merlon
::
Merlon
(n.) One of the solid parts of a
battlemented
parapet;
a
battlement.
See
Illust.
of
Battlement.
Machicolation
::
Machicolation
(n.) An
opening
between
the
corbels
which
support
a
projecting
parapet,
or in the floor of a
gallery
or the roof of a
portal,
shooting
or
dropping
missiles
upen
assailants
attacking
the base of the
walls.
Also, the
construction
of such
defenses,
in
general,
when of this
character.
See
Illusts.
of
Battlement
and
Castle..
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