The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
Recent Examples on the WebNone of the 2019 demonstrators put his or her head above the parapet by making speeches.—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020 According to the suit, shoddily laid bricks in the penthouse and parapet walls allow moisture to collect.—Ethan M Steinberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024 Then, just as abruptly, the parapet has crumbled, cluttering the water with floating pieces of brash.—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 7 Feb. 2024 When the local policeman informs them that the victim’s vehicle had plunged over the parapet of a stone bridge and leads them to the morgue, Katerina sees her worst suspicions confirmed.—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024 For decades, a law in Ventura mandated that brick buildings be retrofitted above the roof line — strengthening only the parapet, a low wall on the roof — a minimal requirement that does not fix the vulnerability that puts the rest of the structure at risk of collapse.—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023 The Department of Buildings found cracks running from the foundation to the parapet and a three-inch gap between it and 12 Fifth, McMullan’s building.—Curbed, 8 Sep. 2023 After Prigozhin, who will stick their head above the parapet in Putin's Russia?
Those figures are likely to underestimate the total spent on Russia’s war effort.—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 28 Aug. 2023 She was treated as a pariah for putting her head above the parapet.—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Italian; Middle French parapete, parapet, borrowed from Italian parapetto, from para "(it) shields, protects" (3rd singular present of parare "to prepare, adorn, avert, shield") + petto "breast, chest," going back to Latin pector-, pectus — more at parry, pectoral entry 2
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