- In architecture, a
machicolation or
machicolade (French:
mâchicoulis) is a floor-opening
between the
supporting corbels of a battlement,
through which...
-
engineer 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...
-
beginning in 1190 to
house the King's
archives and treasures, and
given machicoulis and
features of a
Gothic fortress. However, it was soon made obsolete...
-
protection to defenders. Some also
featured machicolations (from the
French machicoulis,
approximately "neck-crusher")
which consisted of
openings between a...
- the
Cathedral tower, twenty-five
meters away. He
added bastions and a
machicoulis over the entrance, to drop
heavy objects or
boiling water on any attackers...
- "Montsoreau romantique".
Revue 303 (58).. Salamagne,
Alain (2001). "Archères
mâchicoulis et
tours dans l'architecture
militaire du
Moyen Âge (XIIIe-XVe siècles)...
-
which they
could be
sheltered as they
fired arrows; and
floor openings (
mâchicoulis), from
which they
could drop rocks,
burning oil or
other objects on the...
- manoir, qui présente bientôt « fossés, tour, pont-levis, barbacane,
mâchicoulis et
autres rempare-ments » (5). En 1543, François Le Roy (1519-1606),...
-
former site of Fort
Conti 1726: The
French built the two-story “Maison a
Machicoulis” (referred to
today as the “French Castle”). 1893: A US
Coast Guard Station...
- latter. Like the
military towers, they had
loopholes and
machicolations (
mâchicoulis).
These mixed-function
towers are rare in the
Chechen highland, probably...
