Parapet

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Parapet (of bridge, of trench, of fort)—_Parapet postérieur. Parados.—Parapet a terres coulantes. Parapet with earth sloping down to ditch (7.e., without escarp wall, or with only carnot wall). Parapet of long flat section.—Parapet durci. Concreted parapet.—Parapet en poutres (en rondins). Timber parapet, log-work.—Parapet en gabionnade. Gabron parapet. [p.414]