(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:11

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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