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What is the noun for merlon?

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merlon
  1. (architecture, military) Any of the projections between the embrasures of a battlement.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Rectangular-base merlon topped with a leaf-shaped object, the concave surface of which has two holes for attaching it.”
      “Simon pulled on one end of the rope, and it snaked around the merlon and came rippling down to him.”
      “The same is also found in Italian battlements, where the merlon is of much greater height and is capped in a peculiar fashion.”
merlons
  1. plural of merlon
  2. Examples:
    1. “I leaned on the embrasure between the teeth of the merlons and watched the activity on the streets below slowly die as the shadows drew longer.”
      “Also Bressanone has a beautiful old town center of houses with arcades and merlons and its wonderful piazza del Duomo.”
      “Crenel: The gap inside of a crenellation between two merlons from which shots can be fired.”
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