See also:

• PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from See also:

• PARA
• PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)

para, imperative of Ital. porare, to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, defend, and petto, See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast, See also:

• LAT

Lat. pectus; the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German word is Brustwehr)  , a See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall along the edge of a roof, or See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace walk, &c., to prevent persons from falling over, and as a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection to the defenders in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege . Parapets are either See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, embattled, perforated or panelled . The last two are found in all styles except the Romanesque . Plain parapets are simply portions of the wall generally overhanging a little, with a See also:

• COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

coping at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top and See also:

• CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel table below . Embattled parapets are sometimes See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan lied, but oftener pierced for the See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of arrows, &c . Perforated parapets are pierced in various devices—as circles, trefoils, quatrefoils and other designs—so that the See also:

• LIGHT

light is seen through . Panelled parapets are those ornamented by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of panels, either oblong or square, and more or Iess enriched, but are not perforated . These are See also:

• COMMON

common in the Decorated and Perpendicular periods .