MACHICOLATION
- A projecting structure containing a series of such openings
- (in medieval fortifications) An opening between the supporting corbels of a projecting parapet or the vault of a gate, through which stones or burning objects could be dropped on attackers
- an opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls [n -S]
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