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machicolate

machicolate

English

Parapets at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, supported on decorative machicolation.

Verb

machicolate ‎(third-person singular simple present machicolates, present participle machicolating, simple past and past participle machicolated)

  1. To furnish with machicolations.

Derived terms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis ‎(“machicolation”), from Old Provençal machacol, from macar ‎(“to crush”) + col ‎(“neck”).

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