PARAPET Definition & Meaning

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parapet

[ par-uh-pit, -pet ]

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noun

Fortification.
1. a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification.
2. an elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification.
any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like.

parapet

/ -ˌpɛt; ˈpærəpɪt /

noun

a low wall or railing along the edge of a balcony, roof, etc
Also calledbreastwork a rampart, mound of sandbags, bank, etc, in front of a trench, giving protection from fire from the front

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of parapet¹

1575–85; < Italian parapetto, equivalent to para- para- ² + petto chest, breast < Latin pectus

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of parapet¹

C16: from Italian parapetto, literally: chest-high wall, from para- ² + petto, from Latin pectus breast

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They also need leaders willing to put their head above the parapet.

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A street musician played to lunchtime crowds, and during the holidays, lights festooned the parapets.

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"It's just under the parapet. It's not gone away."

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And now Gilligan, another proud Rangers man and another Rangers investor, has put his head above the parapet.

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Labour has a huge Commons majority and so far only one Labour MP, Rachael Maskell, has put their head over the parapet by publicly demanding a climbdown on the winter fuel allowance.

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