MERLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merlon mean? 

• MERLON (noun)
  The noun MERLON has 1 sense:

1. a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

  Familiarity information: MERLON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("merlon" is a kind of...):

bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)

Holonyms ("merlon" is a part of...):

battlement; crenelation; crenellation (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns)