Results for Machicolated

Definitions of Machicolated:

part of speech: adjective

In anc. fortifications, having pierced parapets or galleries projecting from the faces of the walls, from which pitch and offensive missiles might be thrown upon the besiegers below.

part of speech: adjective

Having machicolations.

Usage examples for Machicolated:

• Massive gates and crumbling machicolated walls command a green plain, where immense waringen- trees, clipped into the semblance of evergreen umbrellas, display the Eastern symbol of sovereignty. "Through the Malay Archipelago", Emily Richings