parapeted
- a word derived from parapet.
Example Sentences
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For its parapeted roof line and labyrinthine interior, he turned to Scottish castles, which he admires for their great center halls surrounded by thick walls hollowed out to make staircases and small rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now it was under tall rock, parapeted with trees.
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
They jumped out of the carriage, and while their bags were being carried in they ran to the parapeted edge of the cliff in front of the hotel.
From Marriage à la mode by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Light and shade fell picturesquely about the steps descending to the gardens, and the parapeted buildings fell in black shadows upon the sward, and stood sharp upon the moon illuminated blue.
From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)
The building above the three terraces consists of four parapeted galleries, erected upon the internal walls of the lower gallery, and of four upper terraces, the three highest of which are circular.
From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes
