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Definition of Machicolations
1. machicolation [n] - See also: machicolation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machicolations
Literary usage of Machicolations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary (1873)
"Over the gateway are some bold machicolations, and the holes are still visible
through which passed the beams and chains which raised the drawbridge. ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"The arched machicolations, which I have before mentioned, were here and there
interrupted by a house which was built upon the old wall or incorporated into ..."
3. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"The arched machicolations, which I have before mentioned, were here and there
interrupted by a house which was built upon the old wall or incorporated into ..."
4. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1888)
"The arched machicolations, which I have before mentioned, were here and there
interrupted by a house which was built upon the old wall or incorporated into ..."
5. The Architecture of Provence and the Riviera by David MacGibbon (1888)
"with folding gates and double machicolations. It had originally an advanced work
in front, which was replaced in the seventeenth century by a crenellated ..."
6. Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical by Robert Stuart (1854)
"At 1, appear the places for fixing the windlass to draw up the bridge, and over
head, just beneath an arch at a vast height, are three machicolations, ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the second period the machicolations are converted into corbels carrying
semicircular arcaded niches in which shells are carved; the buttresses become ..."
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