Definitions for merlon

merlon mer·lon

Spelling: [mur-luh n]
IPA: /ˈmɜr lən/

Merlon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in merlon (elmnor).

Definitions for merlon

noun

  1. (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.

Origin of merlon

1695-1705; French Italian merlone, augmentative of merlo (in plural, merli battlements)

Examples for merlon

Then, making one end fast to a merlon, he slid down after her.

Friar Jerome, armed with an enormous mace, mounted on a merlon, felled all who came within his reach.

Simon pulled on one end of the rope, and it snaked around the merlon and came rippling down to him.

The same is also found in Italian battlements, where the merlon is of much greater height and is capped in a peculiar fashion.

Word Value for merlon
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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