Results for machicolation

Definitions of machicolation:

( arch.) A projecting parapet with apertures for pouring molten substances upon assailants.

Usage examples for machicolation:

• I saw before me a gloomy stronghold of brick, four- square, and built in the old Italian manner, with battlements at the top, and a small machicolation little more than a string- course, above each story; this serving at once to lessen the monotony of the dead- walls, and to add to the frowning weight of the upper part. "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman