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MACHICOLATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does machicolation mean?
• MACHICOLATION (noun)
The noun MACHICOLATION has 1 sense:
1. a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
Familiarity information: MACHICOLATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("machicolation" is a kind of...):
breastwork; parapet (fortification consisting of a low wall)
Derivation:
machicolate (supply with projecting galleries)
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