Definitions from Wiktionary (machicolation)
▸ noun: (architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
▸ noun: (architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
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▸ noun: (architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
▸ noun: (architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
Similar:
corbelling,
corbel table,
crenel,
corb,
crenellation,
crenelation,
casemate,
bell cot,
columel,
cimbia,
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