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merlon noun

  /ˈmɜːlən/ , /ˈmɝl(ə)n/
  • (architectural element, 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.
 meiril
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