machicolate

ma·chic·o·late

M0006900 (mə-chĭk′ə-lāt′)tr.v. ma·chic·o·lat·ed, ma·chic·o·lat·ing, ma·chic·o·lates To provide or furnish with machicolations.

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[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 k^wel- in Indo-European roots).]

machicolate

(məˈtʃɪkəʊˌleɪt) vb (Fortifications) (tr) to construct machicolations at the top of (a wall)[C18: from Old French machicoller, ultimately from Provençal machacol, from macar to crush + col neck]

machicolate

Past participle: machicolated
Gerund: machicolating

Imperative	machicolatemachicolate

Present	I machicolateyou machicolatehe/she/it machicolateswe machicolateyou machicolatethey machicolate

Preterite	I machicolatedyou machicolatedhe/she/it machicolatedwe machicolatedyou machicolatedthey machicolated

Present Continuous	I am machicolatingyou are machicolatinghe/she/it is machicolatingwe are machicolatingyou are machicolatingthey are machicolating

Present Perfect	I have machicolatedyou have machicolatedhe/she/it has machicolatedwe have machicolatedyou have machicolatedthey have machicolated

Past Continuous	I was machicolatingyou were machicolatinghe/she/it was machicolatingwe were machicolatingyou were machicolatingthey were machicolating

Past Perfect	I had machicolatedyou had machicolatedhe/she/it had machicolatedwe had machicolatedyou had machicolatedthey had machicolated

Future	I will machicolateyou will machicolatehe/she/it will machicolatewe will machicolateyou will machicolatethey will machicolate

Future Perfect	I will have machicolatedyou will have machicolatedhe/she/it will have machicolatedwe will have machicolatedyou will have machicolatedthey will have machicolated

Future Continuous	I will be machicolatingyou will be machicolatinghe/she/it will be machicolatingwe will be machicolatingyou will be machicolatingthey will be machicolating

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been machicolatingyou have been machicolatinghe/she/it has been machicolatingwe have been machicolatingyou have been machicolatingthey have been machicolating

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been machicolatingyou will have been machicolatinghe/she/it will have been machicolatingwe will have been machicolatingyou will have been machicolatingthey will have been machicolating

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been machicolatingyou had been machicolatinghe/she/it had been machicolatingwe had been machicolatingyou had been machicolatingthey had been machicolating

Conditional	I would machicolateyou would machicolatehe/she/it would machicolatewe would machicolateyou would machicolatethey would machicolate

Past Conditional	I would have machicolatedyou would have machicolatedhe/she/it would have machicolatedwe would have machicolatedyou would have machicolatedthey would have machicolated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.machicolate - supply with projecting galleries; "machicolate the castle walls"architecture - the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effectfurnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"