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‖ machicoulis|mɑːʃɪˈkuːlɪ|
Also 9 machecoulis, machicouli, and in quasi-anglicized form machicoule.
[F. mâchecoulis, mâchicoulis, OF. maschecoulis.]
= machicolation 1.
1793Smeaton Edystone L. Introd. 4 A lodgment, in fortification called a Machicoulis, is built upon the wall over the stairs. 1802James Milit. Dict. s.v., When a place is besieged, detached parties of the garrison may be posted in the several machicoulises. 1851Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 154 A large granite block, formed like a machicoule, and projecting from the front wall of the castle. 1859Parker Dom. Archit. III. i. 5 The bastions carried upon corbels, with open intervals between them for throwing down..missiles, and commonly known by the name of machecoulis. 1865Street Gothic Archit. Spain 193 A parapet boldly corbelled out on machicoulis from the walls. 1885M. E. Herbert tr. Lagrange's Life Dupanloup I. 340 This picturesque old château, with its postern gate, its portcullis, and machicoulis.
attrib.1834–47J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. (1851) 151 The machicoulis gallery is made to project 2 feet from the wall. 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara xi. 180 Guardrooms with loopholes..and machicouli gallery. |