-
probably from Old
French machier 'crush', 'wound' and col 'neck'. The verb
Machicolate is
first recorded in
English in the 18th century, but machicollāre is...
- the keep at
Vincennes near
Paris began a
fashion for tall,
heavily machicolated designs, a
trend adopted in
Spain most
prominently through the Valladolid...
- with such
manner of
walls and turrets; also to embattle,
crenellate and
machicolate those towers." It is
situated on the top of a
slope overlooking the River...
-
archivolts Tall
first floor windows suggesting a
piano nobile Belvedere or
machicolated signorial towers Cupolas Quoins Loggias Balustrades concealing the roof-scape...
- in existence. The
walls are of
great strength and are
surmounted by
machicolated battlements flanked at
intervals by 39 m****ive
towers and
pierced by...
- father-in-law,
received royal licence to empark,
licence to
crenellate and
machicolate, and to
build walls and
towers of
brick at his
manor of New Hall at Boreham...
- The fort,
quadrangular in size,
consists of a
pentagonal curtain wall
machicolated for
muskets with
rounded corner bastions. On the
inner side of the curtain...
-
inspired by
French models (for
example Bricquebec). Both
towers are
machicolated and Caesar's
Tower features a
unique double parapet. The two
towers are...
-
floor contains canted oriel windows, and at the top of the
building is a
machicolated cornice and
false gablets. In
front is a cast iron and gl**** verandah...
- Gaspard-Joseph
Chaussegros de Léry
built a two-story
Maison à
Machicoulis or "
Machicolated House" on the site to
replace the old fort. In 1755 the
French expanded...
