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What are the castles parapets used for?
a parapet is a low protective wall or railling along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balconey
What are battlements?
Battlements are individual indented parapets formed by a series of rising members, and separated by openings, where a soldier can shelter himself by hiding behind them.
Why did they have parapets in World War 1?
When soldiers looked over the top of the trenches to look towards the enemy their heads/bodies would be silhoutted against the skyline. The parapet was to stop this happening so they would be seen.
How do you defend a castle from the inside using boiling oil?
Oil and animal fat was boiled and poured over the parapets on top of attackers on the ground and climbing scaling ladders . In some cases flaming torches were thrown down on top of attackers who where already soaked in the hot oil so that they burned as well.
How were trenches protected?
Way back when, bullets would fire over trenches, making people in said trenches nearly impossible to hit. A downside to this, though, is that trenches would often be dirty and wet, and the soldiers would grow nasty foot fungus and other ailments.
What is on each side of the London Bridge?
Parapets
How many syllables in the word parapets?
Three
What are notched parapets on top of walls known as?
Battlements
What is minimum height of parapets above flat roofs?
36 feet
What materials are used to construct earth parapets?
Sand/dirt , sandbags , shovels , and a lot of human energy .
What are the castles parapets used for?
a parapet is a low protective wall or railling along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balconey
What are battlements?
Battlements are individual indented parapets formed by a series of rising members, and separated by openings, where a soldier can shelter himself by hiding behind them.
How do parapets make a medieval castle stronger?
they make it stronger by making it out of stone, using octagonal towers and have a well fortified gatehouse, including at least one portcullis.
What is a pack horse?
A pack horse is a horse used for carrying people's luggage.
What is a sentence with the word parapets?
She slid down the roof, but was stopped by the parapet and did not fall to the ground.
Reynard watched from the parapets as El Alacal's armies assembled in huge numbers in the plains that surrounded the redoubt upon which the castle was built He could clearly see rank after rank of arc?
the tables have turned
What is a machicolation?
In forts and castles during the middle ages they built galleries on brackets on the outside walls and parapets which had an opening in the floor to pour molten lead boiling oil and missiles onto the enemy which they called a machicolation
