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Definition of Machicolated
1. a. Having machicolations.
Definition of Machicolated
1. Verb. (past of machicolate) ¹
2. Adjective. Having machicolations ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Machicolated
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machicolated
Literary usage of Machicolated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1896)
"Square in plan, it slightly tapers to the top, where it has a sort of machicolated
cresting. Other towers of this type are to be seen at ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"The town-hall occupies the old gate of St George ; its river front is composed
of two large crenellated and machicolated towers, connected by a pavilion. ..."
3. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"poured down on the heads of assailants. The oak-door is heavy and brown. And with
iron it's plated, and machicolated To pour boiling oil and lead down. ..."
4. House & Garden (1905)
"To the west the square of the fortress has attached to it a lower building,
machicolated and with towers rising to the north and south. ..."
5. The Antiquities of England and Wales by Francis Grose (1783)
"... machicolated and embattled gate, between two towers, ... with a draw-bridge,
and machicolated gate (l) ; and occasionally with an outer wall, ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1896)
"Square in plan, it slightly tapers to the top, where it has a sort of machicolated
cresting. Other towers of this type are to be seen at ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"The town-hall occupies the old gate of St George ; its river front is composed
of two large crenellated and machicolated towers, connected by a pavilion. ..."
8. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"poured down on the heads of assailants. The oak-door is heavy and brown. And with
iron it's plated, and machicolated To pour boiling oil and lead down. ..."
9. House & Garden (1905)
"To the west the square of the fortress has attached to it a lower building,
machicolated and with towers rising to the north and south. ..."
10. The Antiquities of England and Wales by Francis Grose (1783)
"... machicolated and embattled gate, between two towers, ... with a draw-bridge,
and machicolated gate (l) ; and occasionally with an outer wall, ..."
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