1. Or “parapet; highest point.”

2. Corrigan watched the parapet above them.

3. 1 synonym for Breastwork: parapet

4. Parapet for the roof (8)

5. The French for Breastwork is parapet

6. Balcony parapet: Balkonbrüstung {f} hort

7. Pinnacles were added above the parapet level.

8. The koel will sing perched on the parapet

9. We must have been very visible upon the parapet.

10. Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet.

11. I shifted unobtrusively, to crane a look over the parapet.

12. Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position.

13. He had backed away, had stood perilously on the parapet.

14. I caught sight of Jim leaning over the parapet of the quay.

15. A Battlement parapet is also known as a castellation or emBattlement

16. The Law of Moses required that flat roofs be rimmed by a parapet

17. Parapet applies to any low fortification, typically a wall atop a rampart.

18. Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.

19. Some sparrows invaded that privacy, crossing from parapet rail to chair to flower tub.

20. Mowbray hurried along the parapet. In the dark he would not see the obstacle.

21. Bartizan (ˈbɑːtɪzən; ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn) n (Fortifications) a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower [C19: variant of bertisene, erroneously for bretising, from bretasce parapet; see brattice] Bartizaned adj.

22. From Anglo-Norman Alure, alour, allur walkway (behind a parapet), passage, gallery, (rare) parapet, apparently a specific use of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French Alure speed of travel, gait.

23. Synonyms for Breastwork include rampart, bastion, bulwark, earthwork, embankment, fortification, parapet, defence, barbican and barricade

24. Synonyms for Bartizan include battlement, barbican, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, crenellation, fortification, parapet, rampart and wall

25. A parapet was to be constructed around a flat roof for the prevention of accidents.

26. For the first time since independence, whites are sticking their heads above the political parapet.

27. He scorned the use of a periscope, and stood and poked his head over the parapet.

28. I let go a lungful of air, slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan.

29. I stood on the parapet, looking out over the town of Swindon, willing myself to feel less disembodied.

30. Which has a flat roof behind a parapet so you can't see it from the street.

31. He was not prepared to put his head above the parapet and say what he really thought .

32. Bartizan definition: a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet , or tower Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

33. I think he went on to the parapet and the tocsin was sounded to make him run.

34. There is a parapet along the roof of this third wall, with four dormer windows beyond it.

35. If only Mr Brooke were to stick his head above the parapet he would soon realise that fact.

36. Baluster, one of a series of small posts supporting the coping or handrail of a parapet or railing

37. The projecting porch with its embattled parapet is rendered with local marl and is a late sixteenth-century addition.

38. Battlement definition: a parapet or wall with indentations or embrasures , originally for shooting through Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

39. We wandered around to the side that faced towards the river, and stood in a line by the parapet.

40. Barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

41. When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge.

42. I got up and went to the corner of the parapet, from where I could see in three directions.

43. The Armless chap lunges at the bell again, but misses and falls over the parapet to the cobbles below

44. Synonyms: Bulwark, barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bastion, parapet These nouns refer literally to structures used as a defense against attack

45. 3/20/1995: A72: A-1-69M: 3 of 5: U Type Abutments for Bridges with Sidewalk Parapet Railing: Orig

46. Guns were run up close to the parapet, and double charges of canister played their part in the bloody work.

47. Owen was about to move away when one of his men appeared above the parapet and waved to him urgently.

48. The double-decker smashed through a fence and ended up perched precariously on a bridge parapet at Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

49. Bartisan (plural Bartisans) (architecture) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.

50. 3/20/1995: A71: A-1-69M: 2 of 5: U Type Abutments for Bridges with Roadway Parapet Railing: Orig

51. Many of the older generation in the south died; many have emigrated; the rest keep their heads below the parapet.

52. What does Barbette mean? A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet

53. Noun Often Battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

54. Balcony definition is - a platform that projects from the wall of a building and is enclosed by a parapet or railing

55. Barbette definition: (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet , from which heavy guns could fire over Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

56. Often Battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

57. Often Battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

58. They chucked the peach stones over the parapet so that peach trees would grow in the garden next year and surprise everyone.

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60. For example, he required that Israelite houses have a parapet around the roof to prevent accidents, since roofs were places of considerable activity.

61. There are many synonyms of Breastwork which include Bulwark, Citadel, Defense, Fortification, Fortress, Mainstay, Parapet, Rock, Stronghold, Support, Prop, Protection, Tower Of Strength, etc.

62. “You must also make a parapet for your roof, that you may not place bloodguilt upon your house because someone . . . might fall from it.”

63. A wall dormer on one side of the house had a Balustraded parapet and was balanced by arched gables on either side of it

64. Usually Battlements 1 A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through

65. Canales should be avoided on the north sides of roofs since the parapet can give too much shade causing freezing and ice blockage and damaging the roof

66. The name comes from the French phrase en Barbette referring to the practice of firing a field gun over a parapet (defensive wall) rather than through an opening ().

67. • (fortification) A Breastwork is a fortification • Breastwork is a defensive work or parapet of moderate height • The vertical timber-work built on top of the earth rampart of a …

68. In front of the fortifications, the Patriot forces dug an 18-foot-wide moat, and between the moat and parapet they constructed a line of abatis to stall any British assault.

69. ‘The Barbette mounted the gun on a pivot so that it could fire over a parapet.’ ‘In the interior was a shed for a guard room, and a small magazine under the Barbette platform.’ Origin

70. Cockloft vents near the roof line in the front or side walls are an indication of its exact depth and presence in relation to the roof which may have side parapet walls

71. Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Breastwork"): 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)

72. Fire dampers of metal, smoke dampers of metal, ventilation gratings, ceiling air vents, slatted vents, floor vents, window parapet induction vents, swirl vents, induction swirl vents, ventilation valves, jalousie shutters, weatherproof gratings, airtight steel doors, ceiling vents with particulate air filters

73. The facade of the rectangular mukha - mandapa has four short , bulky , ornate pillars , and two pilasters at either end rising above a highly decorated vedi parapet , or dwarf wall , interrupted in the middle between the two central pillars to provide the entrance doorway .

74. A Battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet, in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

75. Fr., from aller, "to walk") or allure is an architectural term for an alley, passage, the water-way or flat gutter behind a parapet, the galleries of a clerestory, or sometimes even the aisle itself of a church.The term is occasionally written vAlure or valoring

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77. Battlement (plural Battlements) In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the Battlement

78. Fire dampers of metal, smoke dampers of metal, ventilation gratings, ceiling air vents, slatted vents, floor vents, window parapet induction vents, swirl vents, induction swirl vents, ventilation valves, jalousie shutters, weatherproof gratings, airtight steel doors, ceiling vents with particulate air filters, flexible connection boxes, included in class 6

79. Crenellation (countable and uncountable, plural Crenellations) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture. quotations ▼

80. Balustrade - a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling balusters, banister, handrail, bannister balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a Balustrade or railing or parapet baluster - one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing