verb
- to furnish (a fortified structure) with machicolations; to construct with openings in the floor of a projecting parapet through which defenders can drop stones or other objects on attackers below
Usage: architecture; historical; usually used in passive voice or as an adjective
Examples
- The castle was machicolated to allow defenders to protect the base of the walls.
- Medieval architects machicolated the fortress to create defensive positions.
- The machicolated towers provided excellent vantage points for archers.
- The keep's machicolated parapets were a distinctive feature of 12th-century military design.