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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...
- 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...
- The
upper floors of the
towers are
exclusively used for defense, with
machicolated parapets and
embrasures providing cover when
throwing projectiles. The...
- 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 keep at
Vincennes near
Paris began a
fashion for tall,
heavily machicolated designs, a
trend adopted in
Spain most
prominently through the Valladolid...
- Saint-Georges; its
river front is
composed of two
large crenelated and
machicolated towers,
connected by a pavilion, and the
ancient hospital of Saint-Jacques...
- century, has a
stone spire 232 ft (71 m) high. On the quay
there is a
machicolated clock-tower
which is a
survival of the
defensive walls of the 14th century...
-
enclosed by the bishops' palace,
rebuilt in 1640, now a law court, and a
machicolated city gate, the
Porte d'Orange. For the
history of the
bishopric of Carpentras...
-
archivolts Tall
first floor windows suggesting a
piano nobile Belvedere or
machicolated signorial towers Cupolas Quoins Loggias Balustrades concealing the roof-scape...
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These towers do not have
central support pillars, but have
hanging machicolated balconies, like
battle towers. The
ceiling of the walls, like
those of...
