parapetto — meaning in English

English meaning

• battlement noun A wall built with regular gaps at the top, from behind which defenders could shoot at attackers.
• fiddle noun A violin, especially as played in folk, country, or bluegrass music.
• handrail noun A rail fixed along a staircase, ramp, or walkway that people hold onto for support.
• parapet noun A low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony.
• rail noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.

Senses

parapetto is used for these senses in English:

• battlement In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
• fiddle (especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
• parapet (military) A fortification consisting of a wall.
• rail A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

battlement — full definition

1. noun A wall built with regular gaps at the top, from behind which defenders could shoot at attackers.
2. noun A tall wall built to defend a place.
3. noun (literary) The high roof of the sky.

fiddle — full definition

1. noun A violin, especially as played in folk, country, or bluegrass music.
2. verb To fidget or tinker with something aimlessly.
3. verb To manipulate records or figures dishonestly.

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