| 单词 | machicolate |
| 释义 | machicolate /meuh chik"euh layt'/, v.t., machicolated, machicolating. to provide with machicolations. [1765-75; < ML machecoll(um), a Latinization of MF *machecol lit., (it) breaks (the) neck (from the use of such openings to drop projectiles on an ascending attacker; mache, 3d sing. pres. of macher to beat, break, bruise (appar. of expressive orig.) + col neck (see COLLAR)) + -ATE1; cf. late ME machecollyd machicolated] |
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