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.
Having machicolations.
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
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.
Adversity; bad luck; a mishap. ...