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- noun Plural form of
merlon .
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Examples
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The central structure was capped with merlons, the arched opening looking as if it concealed a drawbridge, all incongruous with the rest of the Ottoman-flavored architecture.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The northman sat in the gap between two merlons, his back to the sky.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010
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The central structure was capped with merlons, the arched opening looking as if it concealed a drawbridge, all incongruous with the rest of the Ottoman-flavored architecture.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The central arch led through a high-domed passage exiting into the first courtyard of the compound, a 190-acre world surrounded by a battle wall over one and a half miles in circumference and capped with imposing toothlike merlons.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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An imposing wall, fifteen feet high, capped with staggered merlons and interrupted by period gates and towers, was just behind her.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The central arch led through a high-domed passage exiting into the first courtyard of the compound, a 190-acre world surrounded by a battle wall over one and a half miles in circumference and capped with imposing toothlike merlons.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The central structure was capped with merlons, the arched opening looking as if it concealed a drawbridge, all incongruous with the rest of the Ottoman-flavored architecture.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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The central arch led through a high-domed passage exiting into the first courtyard of the compound, a 190-acre world surrounded by a battle wall over one and a half miles in circumference and capped with imposing toothlike merlons.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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An imposing wall, fifteen feet high, capped with staggered merlons and interrupted by period gates and towers, was just behind her.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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An imposing wall, fifteen feet high, capped with staggered merlons and interrupted by period gates and towers, was just behind her.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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