machicolation

Meaning of machicolation

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.

Information about machicolation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of machicolation is: machicolations.
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Hyphenation of machicolation

machico-la-tion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
  • machicolation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

machicolation synonyms

Meaning :

machicoulis

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