Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To provide or furnish with machicolations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form with machicolations.
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- verb To furnish with
machicolations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb supply with projecting galleries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Medieval Latin machicolāre, machicolāt-, from Old French machicoller, from machicoleis, machicolation, from Old Provençal machacol : macar, to crush (from Vulgar Latin *maccāre) + col, neck (from Latin collum; see kwel- in Indo-European roots).]
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From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis ("machicolation"), from Old Provençal machacol, from macar ("to crush") + col ("neck").
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