merlon
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merlon¹
- /ˈmɜːlən/ UK
- /ˈmɝl(ə)n/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).
noun merlons
- 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. The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff.
merlon²
- /ˈmɜːlən/ UK
- /ˈmɝl(ə)n/ US
Where it comes from
A variant of merlin.
noun merlons
- Alternative spelling of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”). Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire. The crossbar is decorated either with a flat knob or with a Persian merlon.
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Talk about this word "merlon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/merlon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. merlon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/merlon "merlon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/merlon.Cite this
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title = {merlon},
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