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English
Adjective
machiolate (not comparable)
- (rare, of a parapet) machicolated
1825, James Giffard, The Abbot of Thornton, page 46:Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate.
1838, James Giffard, Thornton Abbey in the reign of Richard II, a poem, page 57: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.
1876, “The Ancient Monuments of Ireland”, in Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), page 5:The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.
1990, Basil Rotoff, Monuments to Faith: Ukrainian Churches in Manitoba, page 29:These churches had such defensive features as thick walls, loopholes, machiolate parapets and towers.