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Definition of Parapets
1. parapet [n] - See also: parapet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parapets
Literary usage of Parapets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Therefore, on signs reliant and the strength Of their own arms, they strove to
breach the wall, Rending the parapets off the towers above, ..."
2. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware, Vignola (1904)
"BALUSTRADES In antiquity, parapets were often pierced by triangular ... But in
modern times the openings in parapets are generally filled with a sort of ..."
3. The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry by Thomas Jordan, J. P. Pryor (1868)
"... parapets—Surrender demanded—Approach of Federal Transports with Troops—Forrest
took Means to drive off Succor—Capitulation refused—Assault made—parapets ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... the steepest grades in easy curves, and are usually as smooth as a marble
table, free from obstacles, and carefully walled-in by parapets of stone. ..."
5. American Highways: A Popular Account of Their Conditions, and of the Means by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1896)
"... THE COST OF ROAD-BUILDING-SIDEWALKS-parapets —CITY STREETS Cost of Massachusetts
State roads. Cost of gravel roads. Sidewalks. Guard-rails and parapets. ..."
6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... the steepest grades in easy curves, and are usually as smooth as a marble
table, free from obstacles, and carefully walled.in by parapets of stone. ..."
7. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"... Floriana, one finds an intricate network of fortified ditches, walls, and
parapets, the greater part of which have been hewn out of solid rock; ..."
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