Examples of 'parapet' in a sentence
Meaning of "parapet"
parapet: (noun) - a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a roof, bridge, balcony, or similar structure. Parapets serve as a safety barrier to prevent people from falling and can also have decorative or architectural purposes
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- A low protective wall. Hyponym: balustrade
- A low protective wall.
- Hyponym: balustrade
- Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
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It has a simple parapet and a flat roof.
The parapet of the nave is also castellated.
The rest of the parapet is plain brick.
Parapet and balustrade masonry is of particular concern.
It has a brick parapet with stone capstones.
Get the bowmen to the eastern parapet.
Under the parapet is a decorated corbel table.
I remember being mounted on the parapet on the dam.
Behind the parapet is a sensible gable roof.
Flat roof with flue close to parapet.
The lantern and parapet are painted black.
The parapet is embattled with crocketed pinnacles.
The windowsills and parapet caps are of stone.
The parapet is topped with stone copings.
It had a battlemented parapet below which were oculi.
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The parapet is also open and is traceried.
He was putting his head above the parapet.
The balustraded parapet is pierced by arcaded openings.
He looked up and went to the edge of the parapet.
Standing on the parapet at its corners are urns.
Break some stones from the parapet.
A stepped parapet completes the striking effect.
But the wall has a high parapet.
An open carved parapet surmounts the building.
Post archers on every gate and parapet.
The first is a parapet one and unpainted.
Sticking your head above the parapet.
The original parapet has been restored.
Put the apple on the that parapet.
Off to the parapet to make this official.
And the dimension of the parapet is wrong.
A small parapet completes the main facade.
The south transept has a brattished parapet.
Characteristics of the parapet to avoid dangerous situations.
Above this is a cornice and an embattled parapet.
There is a balustraded parapet hiding the roof.
Ran backwards and forwards on the parapet.
He climbed up the parapet of the castle.
It has an internal staircase and an embattled parapet.
It is surmounted by a battlemented parapet and crocketed pinnacles.
The roof is concealed by a simple geometric parapet.
A bullet struck the parapet near him.
Above this is an entablature and balustraded parapet.
You were standing on the parapet to release your kite.
The roofline terminates with a stepped parapet.
Nozzle over the parapet wall and spanner in.
The facade is topped by a gabled parapet wall.
The parapet has a dentil cornice.
Its front facade is topped by a stepped parapet.
The parapet is embattled with pinnacles at the corners.
