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machiolate

machiolate adjective: machicolated.

Adjective

machiolate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) machicolated
    • Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate.1825, James Giffard, The Abbot of Thornton, page 46
    • He views the iron-studded doors, / The vaulted roof, and corridors, / And turrets through whose pierced walls / Machiolate, the weight might fall / Of scalding streams of molten lead / Upon besiegers' fated head.1838, James Giffard, Thornton Abbey in the reign of Richard II, a poem, page 57

Examples of machiolate in a sentence

  • The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.1876, “The Ancient Monuments of Ireland”, in Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), page 5:
  • These churches had such defensive features as thick walls, loopholes, machiolate parapets and towers.1990, Basil Rotoff, Monuments to Faith: Ukrainian Churches in Manitoba, page 29:

Questions about machiolate

What does machiolate mean?
Machiolate means machicolated.
How do you use machiolate in a sentence?
The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.
What part of speech is machiolate?
Machiolate is an adjective.

Words near machiolate in the dictionary

  1. machinofactures
  2. machinofacturing
  3. Machins
  4. machinule
  5. machinules
  6. machiolate
  7. machiolated
  8. machis
  9. Machism
  10. machismo
  11. machismos

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