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What is a parapet?

What is a parapet? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A low retaining wall.
  2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
  3. A fortification consisting of a wall.
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Notable features are the parapet above the third-floor cornice and the segmental window frames.
The tub-shaped space within the parapet, formerly open to the air and sun, was now arched over by a light dome of lath-work covered with felt.
I would ask as his final gift a charismatic last hurrah before risking my untried head above the stormy parapet.
Eilish had, he said, the courage to put her head above the parapet and undertake the enormous task of logging the memories of the area.
You were not able to check whether there were any splits or tears in the lead in the parapet gutter?
The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators.

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