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An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: machicoulis
Antonyms: none provided
A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parapet, breastwork
From Late Latin machicol(amentum) (“machicolation”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process). Machicolamentum may be derived from Old French macher (“to chew; to crush”) (modern French mâcher) + col (“neck”) + Latin -mentum (suffix indicating an instrument or medium, or the result of something). The English word is cognate with Middle English machecolled (“having machicolations”), machecolling (“act of constructing machicolation; the openings making up the machicolation”), Middle French machecoleis (modern French mâchicoulis (“machicolation”)), Latin machecollum (“machicolation”), Occitan machacol.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
matakan
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Belarusian:
машыкуль
(mašykulʹ)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Bulgarian:
машикула
(mašikula)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Carpathian Rusyn:
махику́лы
(maxykúlŷ)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Catalan:
matacà
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Catalan:
lladronera
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Danish:
machicoulis
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Dutch:
mezenkooi
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Dutch:
mezekouw
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Estonian:
mašikulii
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Estonian:
piginukk
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Finnish:
heittoaukko
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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French:
mâchicoulis
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Galician:
matacán
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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German:
Maschikuli
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Hebrew:
משיקולי
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Irish:
uchtbhalla pollta
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Irish:
poll lámhaigh
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Italian:
caditoia
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Italian:
piombatoia
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Japanese:
出し狭間
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Korean:
마시쿨리
(masikulli)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Limburgish:
machicoulis
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Limburgish:
mezekouw
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Lithuanian:
mašikula
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Persian:
تیرکش دروازه قلعه
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Polish:
machikuły
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Portuguese:
mata-cães
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Russian:
машикули
(mašikuli)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Serbo-Croatian:
машикула
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Slovene:
mašikula
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Spanish:
matacán
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Thai:
ช่องเชิงเทิน
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Turkish:
tepe mazgalı
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
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Ukrainian:
машикулі
(mašykuli)
— opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building
