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parapet

noun

par·​a·​pet ˈper-ə-pət How to pronounce parapet (audio)
-ˌpet,
ˈpa-rə-
1
: a wall, rampart, or elevation of earth or stone to protect soldiers
The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
2
: a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge

called also parapet wall

The visitor peered over the parapet with binoculars.
parapeted adjective

Illustration of parapet

Illustration of parapet
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Example Sentences

The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
Recent Examples on the Web Near the town line with Windsor, Fuller Brush’s distinctive tower with Gothic and Tudor arched openings crowned with corner turrets and a parapet is a familiar site to motorists on I-91. Hartford Courant, 27 July 2022 The project includes work on the expansion joints, approach pavement and parapet transition. Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 6 June 2022 The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet. Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022 The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet. Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022 At first there wasn’t much to see — just a hunched, gray form perched on the parapet, Batman-style, or a crossbow silhouette spiraling high above. Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022 The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet. Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022 The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet. Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022 Video footage showed the lawyer falling over a low concrete parapet at the back of the platform at the Judiciary Square station at about 1:15 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2013, landing in a trench-like pit eight feet below. Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Italian; Middle French parapete, parapet, borrowed from Italian parapetto, from para "(it) shields, protects" (3rd singular present of parare "to prepare, adorn, avert, shield") + petto "breast, chest," going back to Latin pector-, pectus — more at parry, pectoral entry 2

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of parapet was in 1590

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