parapet
Collocations
4ADJ.
over, watched
VERB + PARAPET
skirting, sleep
PARAPET + NOUN
rose
PREP.
from, from, into
Definitions
noun
A low protective wall.
Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.
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.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — fortification consisting of a low wall
- breastwork
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.
WiktionaryMaccario, 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 diml
WiktionaryObviously 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
WiktionaryLast week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream.
Tatoeba · #6620910I start from sleep, the parapet ascend, / and from the sloping roof with eager ears attend.
Tatoeba · #6816903Sheer o'er the highest roof-top to the sky, / skirting the parapet, a watch-tower rose, / whence camp and fleet and city met the eye.
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