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English Dictionary: Merlon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merlon
n
  1. a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merlon \Mer"lon\, n. [F., perh. fr. L. moerus, for murus a wall,
      through (assumed) dim. moerulus.] (Fort.)
      One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a
      battlement. See Illust. of {Battlement}.
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