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

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 770 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr) , a
dwarf
 
wall
  along the edge of a roof, or round a lead flat,
terrace
  walk, &c., to prevent persons from falling over, and as a
protection
  to the defenders in
case
  of a siege. Parapets are either 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 coping at the top and corbel table below. Embattled parapets are sometimes pan lied, but oftener pierced for the discharge of arrows, &c. Perforated parapets are pierced in various devicesas circles, trefoils, quatrefoils and other designsso that the light is seen through. Panelled parapets are those ornamented by a
series
  of panels, either oblong or square, and more or Iess enriched, but are not perforated. These are common in the Decorated and Perpendicular periods.


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