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nounfortification consisting of a low wall
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nouna low wall along the edge of a roof or balconytype of:
Definition that contains parapet
- balcony a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
- trench a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- terreplein level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
- barbette (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
- battlemented protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through
- barbette carriage a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
- machicolation a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy