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Machicolate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To furnish with machicolations.

    "The wide-wing’d sunset of the misty marsh / Glared on a huge machicolated tower / That stood with open doors […]"

  2. 2
    supply with projecting galleries wordnet

Etymology

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

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