Machicolate (Verb)
Meaning
Supply with projecting galleries; "machicolate the castle walls".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The architects were instructed to machicolate the fortress walls as a defensive measure against potential invaders.
- The castle's strategist decided to machicolate the north wall to counter the threat of enemy catapults.
- During the siege, the engineers rushed to machicolate the exposed sections of the battlements.
- To prevent future sieges, the king ordered his engineers to machicolate the castle walls along the riverside.
- The medieval stronghold was heavily machicolated with galleries and murder holes to intimidate would-be attackers.