parapet

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A sea of faces sought a glimpse of him, but most of the time he stayed out of sight, sipping tea behind a parapet.
海洋般的麪孔在期盼著他的一顧，但大部分時間裡都看不到他，他在欄桿後麪喝茶。
But it's hard to reach — it's between the main castle wall & the parapet and kissers have to lie on their backs, then bend over backward, holding iron bars for support.
但要想吻到巧言石卻沒有那麼容易——石頭位於城堡主牆與欄桿之間，所以要吻石頭必須仰麪躺著，把身子弓起來，雙手抓著鉄欄桿。
The hackney-coach rolled along the trees of the Champs-Elysees. The bust of the driver, whip in hand, could be seen moving along above the parapet.
街車沿著愛麗捨廣場的樹木滾動著，人們可以在護(hù)牆上看見車夫的上半身過去了，他手裡拿著馬鞭。

And here atop the highest parapet stood two stone burial vaults decorated with the green flags of martyrdom.
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A parapet is a low wall along the edge of something high such as a bridge or roof.