a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
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machicolation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | breastwork, parapet |
| Derivation | machicolate |
Examples of machicolation
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As the projection reaches towards the sky, machicolation adds interest to the vertical plane.
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The projecting towers are connected by a high-level arch which also functions as a machicolation.
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It is protected by a machicolation at that level.
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Like many of the forts it included such apparently anachronistic features as a drawbridge and machicolation, which were still common in military architecture of the period.
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- A projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
- A machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall. The design was developed in the Middle Ages when the Norman crusaders returned. ...
- An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. ...
- (Machicolations) An opening between the corbel stones of a protecting roof through which missiles or hot fluids could be discharged on assailants below.
- (Machicolations) Projecting gallery on brackets, on outside of castle or towers, with holes in floor for dropping rocks, shooting, etc.
- (Machicolations) Stone hoardings or brattices with holes for dropping missiles onto attackers below.
- A stone chute in the outer part of a wall, missiles were dropped down these chutes to harm offending armies. Also, the word was used to describe stone hoardings.
- A projecting stone gallery on corbels from a tower or wall head. Similar to hoarding which was timber.
- N. Opening between supporting corbels for dropping stones etc onto assailants. machicolated adj.
