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A machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall. The design was developed in the...
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Etymology: Medieval Latin machicolare to furnish with machicolations, from Middle French machicoller, from machicoleis machicolation, from macher to crush + col neck, from Latin collum — more at collar...
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Deutsch: Der Maschikuli ist eine vertikale Wurf- oder Gussöffnung im Boden des vorgekragten Wehrganges oder des Wehrerkers zur Verteidigung des Mauerfusses. ... Machicolations on the fortified church in Boian ... Category: Machicolations...
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Were the battlements and machicolations there merely for show? The answer...from a distance; and there is even a machicolation gallery corbelled out to create the...parapet. Below the parapet is a set of machicolations through which missiles could be dropped...
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For example, I simply am going to have to skip crenellations, because that will get us into battlements and merlons and machicolations and corbels and the social world of medieval castles, and I don't want to go down that road now.
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Abacus - Flat portion on top of a capital. ... Aisle - Space between arcade and outer wall. ... Machicolations - Projecting gallery on brackets, on outside of castle or towers, with holes in floor for dropping rocks, shooting, etc.
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