Meaning of machiolate | Babel Free

Definitions

machicolated

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate.”

“He views the iron-studded doors, / The vaulted roof, and corridors, / And turrets through whose pierced walls / Machiolate, the weight might fall / Of scalding streams of molten lead / Upon besiegers' fated head.”

“The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.”

“These churches had such defensive features as thick walls, loopholes, machiolate parapets and towers.”

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