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An embrasure (or crenel or crenelle; sometimes called gunhole in the domain of gunpowder-era architecture) is the opening in a battlement between two raised solid portions . Alternatively, an embrasure can be a space hollowed out throughout the thickness of a wall by the establishment of a bay. This term designates the internal part of this ...
The term originated in about the 14th century from the Old French word batailler, "to fortify with batailles" (fixed or movable turrets of defence). The word crenel derives from the ancient French cren (modern French cran), Latin crena, meaning a notch, mortice or other gap cut out often to receive another element or fixing; see also crenation.
The term merlon comes from French [1704], adapted from the Italian merlone, possibly a shortened form of mergola, perhaps connected to Latin mergae ("two-pronged pitchfork"), [4] or from a diminutive moerulus, from murus or moerus (a wall).
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California ...
Highest point; Elevation: 305 m (1,001 ft) Coordinates: Naming; English translation: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one.
Hocking Hills State Park is a state park in the Hocking Hills region of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. In some areas the park adjoins the Hocking State Forest . Within the park are over 25 miles (40 km) of hiking trails, rock formations, waterfalls, and recess caves.
Jessica Alba has officially filed for divorce from husband Cash Warren.. The Trigger Warning actress, 43, filed in Los Angeles County court on Friday, Feb. 7, citing irreconcilable differences and ...
There are at least three defensive structures documented in the cliffs above Tumon Beach. Cliffline Fortification One, about 8 miles (13 km) south of St. John's School, is a concrete structure 1.75 by 2.0 metres (5 ft 9 in × 6 ft 7 in), with a west-facing embrasure overlooking Tumon Bay.