Definition of Machicolated. Meaning of Machicolated. Synonyms of Machicolated

- 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...
- 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...
- archivolts Tall first floor windows suggesting a piano nobile Belvedere or machicolated signorial towers Cupolas Quoins Loggias Balustrades concealing the roof-scape...
- 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...
- 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...
- The upper floors of the towers are exclusively used for defense, with machicolated parapets and embrasures providing cover when throwing projectiles. The...
- 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...
- it retains many of its original medieval features and motifs, it is machicolated with crenelations surmounting its towers and keep. The castle is built...
- with segmental pointed windows at other end of front. Battlemented and machicolated parapet. The side of the house is not castellated, but quite plain; of...