A parapet was the front of the front line trench, The top 2-3 feet of the trench consisted of sand bags to absorb bullets and shell fragments. It was in effect a vertical extension of the trench, used to provide cover for the soldiers.
a parapet is a low protective wall or railling along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balconey
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.
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.
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.
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.
Parapets
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Battlements
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Sand/dirt , sandbags , shovels , and a lot of human energy .
a parapet is a low protective wall or railling along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balconey
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.
they make it stronger by making it out of stone, using octagonal towers and have a well fortified gatehouse, including at least one portcullis.
A pack horse is a horse used for carrying people's luggage.
She slid down the roof, but was stopped by the parapet and did not fall to the ground.
the tables have turned
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