In consequence we are becoming a tight-lipped silent majority afraid to rise above the parapet. |
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. |
The look-out openings on the parapet and even the gun-holes that honeycomb the scarp, serve as ventilators. |
Notable features are the parapet above the third-floor cornice and the segmental window frames. |
The barbette mounted the gun on a pivot so that it could fire over a parapet. |
I would ask as his final gift a charismatic last hurrah before risking my untried head above the stormy parapet. |