parapets

The barbettes, that is, the parapets supporting the gun turrets, are one forward and one aft.

Marvels of Modern Science Paul Severing

The men were too weak to dig fresh emplacements or communication trenches; when forced out of their old positions they would simply lie in the ground behind heaped-up snow "parapets," numb with cold and the inevitability of death.

Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965

The sentences combine the fabled ( "parapets") with the homely ( "yowl") to produce an elevated but convincing verisimilitude.

NYT > Home Page By Edmund White 2009

Whether it be guitar throw-downs with Stephen Colbert, writing children's books, or simply using the word "parapets" in a song, the group is always showing up in unexpected ways.

Prefix 2009

The U.S. flag and the blue Reclamation Service flag floated above the parapets of the dam.

Think Progress » Rep. Steve King floats secession as possible response to health care reform. 2010

An elite design panel chose "Reflecting Absence," an austere pair of hollow square fountains set in a grove of 400 swamp oaks with the names of the victims inscribed on bronze parapets surrounding the pools.

A Decade After Edward Kosner 2011

The noise is so distracting that your impulse is to retreat to the relative quiet of the trees rather than linger and try to ponder the names on the parapets.

A Memorial We Want to Love Eric Gibson 2011

PKSB Architects Above, rendering of the Puck Building after proposed changes, including restored roofline parapets.

SoHo Landmark Posts Gains on Condo Plan Laura Kusisto 2011

Bronze parapets surround the pools with the names of the nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Feb. 26, 1993.

A Memorial We Want to Love Eric Gibson 2011

Some Americans rushed forward, carrying ladders to scale walls and parapets.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011