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machicolate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb machicolate has 1 sense
- machicolate(v = verb.possession) Array - supply with projecting galleries; "machicolate the castle walls" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Derived form noun machicolation1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
machicolate, v.tr. (usu. as machicolated adj.) furnish (a parapet etc.) with openings between supporting corbels for dropping stones etc. on attackers.
Derivative
machicolation n.
Etymology
OF machicoler, ult. f. Prov. machacol f. macar crush + col neck
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