parapet /'paerapit; 'paerapit/ n 1 (usu low) protective wall at the edge of a flat roof, side of a bridge, etc. (平屋頂之邊緣、橋之側(cè)旁等處之)扶墻; 欄桿; 矮垣。 2 defensive bank of earth, stone, etc along the font edge of a trench (in war). (戰(zhàn)壕的)前墻; 護(hù)墻; 胸墻。