Noun

(balconies)

An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.

(Shakespeare)

(the Bible)

An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A low retaining wall.

Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}

A fortification consisting of a wall.