designslinger - Word of the Week: merlon


[merlon (1869) Chicago Water Works /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

merlon [MUR-luhn] n. in a battlement, the solid part between two openings (called
crenels); often found in Gothic Revival architecture in America.

 

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