•parapet (earthen embankment providing cover against enemy fire) · breastwork (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark) · prosternum (the ventral sclerite (plate) of the prothorax of an insect)
parapet (a piece of wood, generally at chest height, that makes up the inside of a window and is used as support by people leaning against it) · parapet (land mass that protects the defender from frontal fire and allows the firing of their weapon to occur) · balustrade, guardrail (protection at the edge of piers, bridges, terraces, etc.)
çekim: çoğul parapeitos
eş: peitoril
köken: Compound of parar + peito or borrowed from Italian parapetto.
Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Slavic *perdъ Old Polish przed Old Polish przed- Polish przed- Proto-Slavic *pь̀rsь Polish pierś Proto-Slavic *-e Old Polish -ie Polish -ie Polish przedpiersie From przed- + pierś + -ie. First attested in the 18th century.