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Wall-walk - Passage along castle wall; may be roofed.
Water-leaf - Plain broad leaf moulding.
Wattle - A mat of woven (willow) sticks and weeds; used in wall and dike construction.

 


wall-walk : A passage along castle wall.
Westminster : Until 1529 the medieval Palace of Westminster was the chief London residence of the monarch as well as the centre for the legal and administrative business of government.

Wall-walk
the flat pathway, usually protected by battlements, on top of a castle wall
Ward ...

Allure or Wall-walk: passage behind the parapet of a castle wall
Apse: circular or polygonal end of a tower or chapel
Arcading: rows of arches supported on columns, free-standing or attached to a wall (blind arcade) ...

Allure: Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall; Walkway along the top of a wall. Altar: In the Roman Church, a table at which the celebration of the Eucharist takes place.

Cap-house - small chamber at the top of a spiral staircase in a tower or turret, leading to the open wall-walk on the roof .
Capital - distinctly treated upper end of a column. Capital the head of a pillar, often decorated.

on a bridge, or at the wall-head of a castle where it protects the parapet walk or wall-walk. Also used to conceal a roof.

See also: Castle, Medieval, Timber, Parapet, Floor