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machicolated
Part of speech: AdjectiveIn anc. fortifications, having pierced parapets or galleries projecting from the faces of the walls, from which pitch and offensive missiles might be thrown upon the besiegers below.
Usage examples "machicolated":- Once more I sought the ramparts, only to be reminded by those crumbling, machicolated ruins that I was in a war- ridden land. - "The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill", Winston Churchill.
- On the machicolated summit is a square platform, where in the course of many peaceful ages a bay- tree has come to grow of a goodly size. - "The Italians", Frances Elliot.
- Without, covered with grass, is a square platform, protected by a machicolated parapet of turreted stone- work. - "The Italians", Frances Elliot.