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Machiolate vs. Machicolation — What's the Difference?

Machiolate vs. Machicolation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Machiolate and Machicolation

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Machiolate

Machicolated

Machicolation

A machicolation (French: mâchicoulis) is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones or other material, such as boiling water, hot sand, quicklime or boiling cooking oil, could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall. A smaller version found on smaller structures is called a box-machicolation.

Machicolation

A projecting gallery at the top of a castle wall, supported by a row of corbels and having openings in the floor through which stones and boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers.

Machicolation

One of these openings.

Machicolation

A row of small projecting arches used as an ornamental architectural feature.
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Machicolation

(architectural element) 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.

Machicolation

(architectural element) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.

Machicolation

An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.

Machicolation

The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

Machicolation

A projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy

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