parapet in the PONS Dictionary

parapet Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

hold on to the parapet [or handrail] of the staircase
дръж се за парапета на стълбите

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It features a brick parapet, central projecting bay and large pedimented portico.
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The chancel is in two bays with two crocketed pinnacles on each of the north and south parapets.
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It consists of a parapet resting on corbels.
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The statues include a line of soldiers on the south parapet, and a series of full-size figures around the principal floor.
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Along the top of the house is a plain parapet, with a pediment above the central three bays.
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The tower is formed in three stages with buttressed corners and a battlemented parapet.
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A brick parapet and pent slate roof came in the next decade.
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The tower has three stages and a plain parapet.
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At the roofline is a pierced tracery parapet.
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The building also had a false parapet which ran along the front roof-line, but this was removed when it became unstable.
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