parapet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A low protective wall.

   Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.

2. 2
   noun

   Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.

   Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.

3. 3
   noun

   A fortification consisting of a wall.

   Obviously if you have only a few days in which to train a soldier, you must teach him the things he will most need; how to take cover, how to advance across open ground, how to mount guards and build a parapet – above all, how to use his weapons.

4. 4
   noun

   fortification consisting of a low wall

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Simplified etymology

Parapet entered English in the late 16th century from French or from Italian parapetto, “breast-high wall.” The Italian word combines para-, “protecting,” with petto, “breast,” from Latin pectus; such a wall originally screened and protected troops from the enemy.

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.

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