machicolate

• 古语动词，指为中世纪防御工事修建堞口、突出的长廊或开口，以便向下投掷石块或倾倒滚油。

An obsolete verb meaning to furnish with machicolations (projecting galleries or openings in medieval fortifications for dropping stones or boiling oil).

1. To add projecting galleries for defenseC2formal

   To supply a fortification or building with machicolations—projecting galleries supported by corbels, used for defensive purposes through openings in the floor.

   设置堞口

   • The castle's outer walls were machicolated to provide cover for archers.
   • During the siege, the defenders machicolated the battlements to drop stones on attackers.
   • The architect machicolated the tower to replicate a medieval style.
   • Many Romanesque churches were later machicolated for added protection.