Definition of Machicolations. Meaning of Machicolations. Synonyms of Machicolations

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Definition of Machicolations

Machicolation
Machicolation Mach`i*co*la"tion, n. [Cf. LL. machicolamentum, machacolladura, F. m[^a]chicolis, m[^a]checoulis; perh. fr. F. m[`e]che match, combustible matter + OF. coulis, couleis, flowing, fr. OF. & F. couler to flow. Cf. Match for making fire, and Cullis.] 1. (Mil. Arch.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle. 2. The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

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- Boiling oil was rarely used because of its cost. Similar holes, called machicolations, were often located in the curtain walls of castles, fortified manor...
- gatehouses, and comprised several elements: crenellations, ****dings, machicolations, and loopholes. Crenellation is the collective name for alternating...
- two or three courses projecting over one another; those carrying the machicolations of English and French castles had four courses. In modern chimney construction...
- Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446. The Blarney Stone is among the machicolations of the castle. The castle originally dates from before 1200, when a...
- objects could be dropped onto attackers or besiegers; these are known as machicolations. Battlements have been used for thousands of years; the earliest known...
- of the invention of machicolations, which were an improvement on ****dings, not least because masonry is fireproof. Machicolations are also permanent and...
- fortification; it was also one of the earliest European castles to use machicolations. The castle consists of three enclosures separated by dry moats, with...
- be resupplied from the sea. It retains the earliest surviving stone machicolations in Britain and what historian Jeremy Ashbee has described as the "best...
- with a projecting wooden platform called a ****ding or brattice. Stone machicolations performed a similar function. The introduction of gunpowder made tall...