machicolate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /məˈtʃɪk.ə.leɪt/ UK /məˈtʃɪk.ə.leɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to furnish a wall, tower, or castle with machicolations for dropping objects on attackers

The builders machicolated the gatehouse above its main entrance.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to furnish a wall, tower,... furnish with machicolations

Word family

Forms machicolated

Derived forms machicolatedmachicolation

Related forms battlement castle

Etymology

From Medieval Latin machicolare and Old French machicoller, from an Old Occitan compound often explained as macar, 'to crush,' and col, 'neck.'

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