parapet
US /ˈpærəpɪt, -ˌpɛt/
・UK /ˈpærəpɪt/
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n.NounLow wall surrounding a rooftop or military trench
The soldiers fought behind the parapet for many days and nights
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La industria de la Humillación - Monica Lewinsky 2015 subtitulado español inglés
- Why was I sticking my head above the parapet?
Why was I sticking my head above the parapet?
- Why now? Why was I sticking my head above the parapet?
Why now? Why was I sticking my head above the parapet?
Young Dracula - BBC Series - Season 4 Ep 11 "Bootiful Breathers"
- Mind the parapet.
Mind the parapet.
- Mind the parapet.
Mind the parapet.
The Real History of the Christmas Truce of 1914
- Something in the direction of the German lines caused us to rub our eyes and look again here and there showing just above their parapet we could see very faintly what looked like very small coloured lights.
Something in the direction of the German lines caused us to rub our eyes and look again here and there showing just above their parapet we could see very faintly what looked like very small coloured lights.
- Suddenly lights began to appear along the German parapet which were evidently makeshift Christmas trees adorned with lighted candles which burnt steadily in the still frosty air.
Suddenly lights began to appear along the German parapet which were evidently makeshift Christmas trees adorned with lighted candles which burnt steadily in the still frosty air.
What We Know So Far About The Doncaster-London Train Attack | BBC Newscast
- But only a few people have put their head above the parapet to engage in that in public.
But only a few people have put their head above the parapet to engage in that in public.
- But only a few people have put their head above the parapet to engage in that in public.
But only a few people have put their head above the parapet to engage in that in public.
Part 1 - The Time Machine Audiobook by H. G. Wells (Chs 01-06)
- and then putting her down I began to feel over the parapet for the climbing hooks.
and then putting her down I began to feel over the parapet for the climbing hooks.
- I saw her agonised face over the parapet and smiled to reassure her.
I saw her agonised face over the parapet and smiled to reassure her.
Part 1 - A Room with a View Audiobook by E. M. Forster (Chs 01-07)
- She stopped, and lent her elbows against the parapet of the embankment.
She stopped, and lent her elbows against the parapet of the embankment.
- Leaning her elbows on the parapet, she contemplated the river Arno, whose roar was suggesting some unexpected melody to her ears.
Leaning her elbows on the parapet, she contemplated the river Arno, whose roar was suggesting some unexpected melody to her ears.
Book 01 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- We shall not try to give the reader an idea of that tetrahedral nose, that horseshoe mouth, that little left eye obstructed with a red, bushy, bristling eyebrow, while the right eye disappeared entirely beneath an enormous wart, of those teeth in disarray, broken here and there like the embattled parapet of a fortress, of that callous lip upon which one of those teeth encroached, like the tusk of an elephant, of that forked chin, and
We shall not try to give the reader an idea of that tetrahedral nose, that horseshoe mouth, that little left eye obstructed with a red, bushy, bristling eyebrow, while the right eye disappeared entirely beneath an enormous wart, of those teeth in disarray, broken here and there like the embattled parapet of a fortress, of that callous lip upon which one of those teeth encroached, like the tusk of an elephant, of that forked chin, and
- parapet of a fortress; of that callous lip, upon which one of these teeth encroached,
parapet of a fortress; of that callous lip, upon which one of these teeth encroached,
Part 4 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Audiobook by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adventures 07-08)
- Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream,
Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream,
- "Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream, and it was
"Last week he hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream, and it was
Kids Rule! TV | Episode 3: Castles
- At first, it was just a wall with a crenellated parapet, but over time the defenses developed.
At first, it was just a wall with a crenellated parapet, but over time the defenses developed.
- At first, it was just a wall with a crenellated parapet, but over time the defences developed.
At first, it was just a wall with a crenellated parapet, but over time the defences developed.
Andy Burnham's bid to return as UK MP blocked | BBC News
- And obviously, you know, last week we saw reports in the Times, allies of Keir Starmer kind of saying that he should sack West Streeting because of sort of repeated moments where he's kind of stuck his head above the parapet.
And obviously, you know, last week we saw reports in the Times, allies of Keir Starmer kind of saying that he should sack West Streeting because of sort of repeated moments where he's kind of stuck his head above the parapet.
- And obviously, you know, last week we saw reports in The Times, um, allies of, of Keir Starmer kind of saying that he should sack Wes Streeting because of sort of repeated, um, moments where he's kind of stuck his head above the parapet.
And obviously, you know, last week we saw reports in The Times, um, allies of, of Keir Starmer kind of saying that he should sack Wes Streeting because of sort of repeated, um, moments where he's kind of stuck his head above the parapet.