machicolations

Meaning of machicolations

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 machicolations

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

machico-la-tions

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 14 chars.
  • machicolations is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

machicolations synonyms

Meaning :

machicoulis

Words that rhyme with machicolations

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