| 单词 | machicolation |
| 释义 | machicolation (once / 101020 pages) n A machicolation is an opening in a medieval castle for dropping rocks or boiling water on an enemy. It’s like a sneaky window in a castle that lets people drop stuff on their enemies to keep them from coming in. A machicolation is an opening — or series of openings — in a projecting parapet (low wall, like a ledge) between corbels (triangular brackets) on a medieval castle. You might forget those architectural terms, but you should remember what a machicolation is for: dropping stuff on invaders. The machicolation allows people in the castle to drop stones, boiling water, or other weapons on people attacking the castle. This is a great way to defend the castle without going outside. WORD FAMILYmachicolation: machicolations+/machicolate: machicolated, machicolation USAGE EXAMPLESA few feet farther on was a portcullis, and then a second, the space between protected by loopholes and machicolations. Ritchie, Leitch, The Wye and Its Associations—a pict...(2011) Hence, I think the propped machicolations of the Palazzo Vecchio and Duomo of Florence far grander headings than any form of Greek cornice. Ruskin, John, The Seven Lamps of Architecture(2011) The evil in an arch�ological point of view of misapplied invention in architectural subject.imagination, monstre machicolations and colossal cusps and crockets. Ruskin, John, Modern Painters Volume I (of V)(2010) n a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy Hyper breastwork, parapet fortification consisting of a low wall |
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