Associations to the word «Merlon»

Wiktionary

MERLON, noun. (architecture) (military) Any of the projections between the embrasures of a battlement

Dictionary definition

MERLON, noun. A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats