as in rampart
a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge
The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet.
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Recent Examples of parapet
But most CEOs are keeping their heads beneath the parapet.
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Flat roofs with parapets (side walls), stepped roofs, saw-tooth roofs, and roofs with chimneys and other obstructions on top can collect snow in an unbalanced manner, the agency said.
—Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The city had not considered the parapets part of the height calculation, but Rockwell ruled that they should have been included.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
At the prow of the building overlooking Madison Square Park, demolition work had exposed part of a parapet wall along what had been a bay window.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
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Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Flat roofs with parapets (side walls), stepped roofs, saw-tooth roofs, and roofs with chimneys and other obstructions on top can collect snow in an unbalanced manner, the agency said.
—Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The city had not considered the parapets part of the height calculation, but Rockwell ruled that they should have been included.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
At the prow of the building overlooking Madison Square Park, demolition work had exposed part of a parapet wall along what had been a bay window.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parapet
Noun
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Military engineers resorted to building lower, thicker ramparts, backed by earth, and sought to eliminate blind spots by building angular bastions — the aforementioned extrusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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In this sense, Welles’s songs are far better suited to social media than to the stage, to say nothing of the ramparts.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Mission Foods began fortification in 2024.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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That view contrasts sharply with critics — including some at the highest level of government — who regard fortification of the food supply as a form of government overreach.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Blake released a trilogy of animations about San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the Victorian citadel built by a gun heiress to keep out the ghosts of those killed with her rifles.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Parapet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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