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Definition of Parapeted
1. a. Having a parapet.
Definition of Parapeted
1. Adjective. Having a parapet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parapeted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parapeted
Literary usage of Parapeted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith (1919)
"Timbering, proof against bullets, covered much of the lower story, the parapeted
azotea of the main edifice and some other parts of the buildings; ..."
2. Highways and Byways in Normandy by Percy Dearmer (1904)
"... resting on a tall parapeted arcade, and a clerestory of lancets above; but in
contrast with that of St. Pierre every detail is distinct and telling, ..."
3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1850)
"The most genuine examples of transition from the true broach to the parapeted
form with ... easily may; in fact, this is the usual form of parapeted spires, ..."
4. Lucknow & Oude in the Mutiny: A Narrative and a Study by McLeod Innes (1895)
"... being lined by outhouses well parapeted and loopholed. ... consisted of a
continuous line of outhouses, which were loopholed and parapeted. ..."
5. The Architectural Magazine (1836)
"... roofs of the colonnaded wharfs into parapeted walks," would be at all desirable.
A quay, or broad terrace walk, along the banks of the river, we think, ..."
6. The Prevention of Loss by Fire: Fifty Years' Record of Factory Mutual by Edward Atkinson (1900)
"An explosion blew down the two parapeted party walls, between which was the ...
The two parts were separated by a parapeted party wall, the fire doors were ..."
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