一切經音義 73.136

73.136

俾倪（又作㪏堄二形三蒼作䫌倪二形同普米五禮反廣雅俾倪堞女牆也埤蒼城上小垣也釋名云俾倪城上垣也於其孔中俾倪非常也亦言陴言裨助城之高或云女牆言其卑小比之於城若女人之於丈夫也或名堞取其重疊也）。

Battlements (俾倪: also written in the two forms 㪏堄, and in the *Sancang* in the two forms 䫌倪, both with the fanqie 普米 and 五禮, *bìnì*): The *Guangya* says: '*Bìnì* are parapets, low rampart walls.' The *Picang* says: 'Small walls on top of a city wall.' The *Shiming* says: '*Bìnì* are the walls on top of a rampart; through their apertures one peeps (*bìnì*) for emergencies. They are also called *pí*, meaning supporting (*bì*) the height of the wall. Some call them parapet walls (literally: 'women's walls'), indicating they are low and small, comparable to women compared to men. Some name them *dié*, taking the sense of layered overlapping.'