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PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from See also:
PARA
PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)
para, imperative of Ital. porare, to See also:
COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)
cover, defend, and petto, See also:
BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)
breast, See also:
LAT
Lat. pectus; the See also:
GERMAN
GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN
German word is Brustwehr) , a See also:

DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

wall along the edge of a roof, or See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

lead See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, See also:

TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace walk, &c., to prevent persons from falling over, and as a See also:

PROTECTION

protection to the defenders in See also:

case of a See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege. Parapets are either See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, embattled, perforated or panelled. The last two are found in all styles except the Romanesque. Plain parapets are simply portions of the wall generally overhanging a little, with a See also:

COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

coping at the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top and See also:

CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel table below. Embattled parapets are sometimes See also:

pan lied, but oftener pierced for the See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of arrows, &c. Perforated parapets are pierced in various devices—as circles, trefoils, quatrefoils and other designs—so that the See also:

LIGHT

light is seen through. Panelled parapets are those ornamented by a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of panels, either oblong or square, and more or Iess enriched, but are not perforated. These are See also:

COMMON

common in the Decorated and Perpendicular periods.

End of Article: PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

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