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      merlon
      noun
      a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
      Roots
      merlonemerlon- · Italian · battlement, solid part of a parapet
      Words related to merlon
      crenelnbattlementncastellationscrenelationnembrasurenbarmkinbrattishingadjcrenelatedvbartizanembattlementnvallumravelincounterguardcrenellenembattlevcircumvallatevashler

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