- century, it
became common for
arrowslits to be
placed all
around a castle's defences.
Elements of
fortification such as
arrowslits became ****ociated with high...
- few
defensive features such as
arrowslits or a portcullis; a
great keep or donjon,
usually square and
without arrowslits; and the
shape would have been...
-
shoot from
behind cover;
merlons were
sometimes pierced by
loopholes or
arrowslits for
better protection.
Behind the
parapet was a wall walk from
which the...
- The
earliest use of the
arrowslit was
alleged to have been by
Archimedes during the
siege of
Syracuse in 214–212 BC.
Arrowslits were used in
ancient Gr****...
- as
close to the wall-face and to the
arrowslit itself as possible.
Examples of deep
embrasures with
arrowslits are to be seen at Aigues-Mortes and Château...
- the
ground below. In addition, the
towers and
walls were
pierced with
arrowslits,
which sometimes took the form of
crosses to
enable a
wider field of fire...
- manner,
contrary to po****r belief,
since oil was
extremely expensive.
Arrowslits in the
sides of the
walls enabled archers and
crossbowmen to kill the...
- house, west of a cross-wall and
piercing the
vault of the
lower chamber.
Arrowslit Bretèche ****ding
Merlon Atzbach,
Rainer (2015). "Castles at War" (PDF)...
- test experiments, an
explanation for the
outcome of
certain experiments Arrowslit, a
loophole in a
castle wall to
launch arrows Loophole (1954 film), a...
-
implied or
explicitly stated, of the system. Originally, the word
meant an
arrowslit, a
narrow vertical window in a wall
through which an
archer (or, later...
