machicolade
machicolade noun: a machicolation.
Noun
machicolade (plural machicolades)
- A machicolation.
- The efforts of the besieging force were concentrated against a space of about two hundred and fifty yards, containing two curtains, and two towers, one of which was the square barbican, the other had a pointed roof that was built to overlap, resting on a stone machicolade, and by this means a row...1861, Charles Reade, chapter 20, in The Cloister and the Hearth, volume 2, London: Trübner & Co., page 320
- He staggered to the battlements and leant against them and was sick unto death. [...] Pressing his hot brow against the cool granite of the machicolade there came an overpowering desire for sleep [...]1924, Cyril Ranger Gull, “16: 'All's Well'”, in When the World Reeled, London: Ward, Lock, page 307
- Synonyms:
- machicolation
Synonyms of machicolade
Forms of machicolade
| plural | machicolades |
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Questions about machicolade
- What does machicolade mean?
- Machicolade means a machicolation.
- What part of speech is machicolade?
- Machicolade is a noun.
- What is the plural of machicolade?
- The plural of machicolade is machicolades.
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