Last Updated:2025/11/20
(architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.
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merlon
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Source Word
merlon
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Noun
historical
Japanese Meaning
城壁や要塞の垣上部に設けられた、射撃時に防御のための遮蔽物となる垂直の突起部。もともとは、射手が矢を放つ際に身を隠すために用いられた建築的・軍事的要素です。
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