Sentence examples for parapet from from inspiring English sources

United by fearlessness, the two throw themselves over the parapet from the outset – introducing themselves in courageous fashion, each taking on a demanding unaccompanied song before the hall suddenly quakes as, with heavy foot on the distortion pedal, Eriksen dons electric guitar and Carthy launches into frantic fiddle and bass drum and they explode into Buffalo.

Kahn prescribed the size, placement, polish and crisp cut of the enormous granite blocks and parapets (from a quarry in North Carolina), which, like the ancient Egyptian stones at Giza, lend to the site a military dignity and rhythm.

Though the building had undergone previous alterations for example, the Church Extension and Missionary Society had "removed deteriorated parapets from the towers" in 1880 it did not undergo significant renovations until the early 1890s.

Dated about 1840-45, the sofa has a mahogany frame about seven feet wide, pewlike arms and carved Gothic motifs that culminate in a crenelated parapet derived from a castle.

These defensive works were connected by a parapet, and commanded from a concrete hornwork jutting out from the defensive line.

It was a good place for an ambush, a natural parapet sticking up from a riverbed within easy firing range of the road, and a warren of gullies providing cover for the getaway.

One of his brigade's men bravely lifted his head above the parapet and others from both sides walked onto no man's land.

They were required to set the penthouse back from the parapet so it would not be visible from the street.

Gargoyle, in architecture, waterspout designed to drain water from the parapet gutter.

The original meaning of penthouse was a structure on the roof, set back from the parapet.

Many of the Union soldiers were shot, but some of them huddled beneath the parapet, which protected them from gunfire.