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machicolation

An overhanging defensive structure at the top of a medieval fortification, with floor openings through which boiling water or oil, missiles, etc., could be dropped on attackers.

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No references found			Building activities followed a design prototype of a series of fortified structures one above the other, providing successive lines of retreat, and protected by curtain walls with battlements, bastions, and a number of gates with machicolations on the main access route. Forts on a sacred hill: Champaner-Pavagadh in Bujarat by Sinha, Amita / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts With its huge, menacing tower, watchbox, and multiple tiers of battlements (replete with arrow loops and machicolations concentrated over entrances), the building is fiercely defensive in look and capability, and it could as easily -- perhaps more easily -- be called a fortress. Founding the Palazzo Vecchio in 1299: The Corso Donati Paradox by TRACHTENBERG, MARVIN / Renaissance Quarterly Instead, new openings allow views over the Normandy landscape and metal grilles between the machicolations give vertiginous glimpses of the ground some 35m below. Capturing the castle by The Architectural Review			Machavariani, Mukhran Ivanovich Machavariant, Aleksei Machavariant, Aleksei Davidovich Machbanai Machbenah Mache Unit Macheath Macheath, Capt. Macheath, Captain Machebeuf, Joseph Projectus Machek, Vladimir Machel Machel, Samora Machel, Samora Moïsès Machen, Arthur Machen, John Gresham Macheret, Aleksandr Macheret, Aleksandr Veniaminovich Machete Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolò Machiayao machicolation Machicolations Machicoulis Machida Machilidae Machilipatnam Machin's formula machinability machinability index machinable machinable carbide Machine machine address machine attention time machine available time machine bolt Machine Building Machine Building and Mechanical Engineering, Institutes of machine burn machine capability machine check machine code machine conditions machine controlled time machine cut machine cycle machine dependent			Machiavelism Machiavelli Machiavelli Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolò Machiavellia Machiavellian Machiavellian Machiavellian test Machiavellianism Machiavellianism Machiavellians Machiavellians Machiavelliism Machiavellis Machiavellis Machiavellism Machiavellism Machiavellist Machiavellist Machiavilli Machiayao machicolate machicolated machicolates machicolating machicolation machicolation Machicolations Machicoulis Machicoulis Machida Machida Machida, Tokyo Machida, Tokyo Machievelli machilid Machilidae Machilidae Machilipatnam Machillipatnam Machilus Machin's formula Machina Machina Machina Machina (disambiguation) Machina Terra machinability machinability index machinable machinable machinable machinable Machinable Bioactive Glass Ceramics machinable carbide Machinable Glass Ceramic Machinable Letter Machinae Supremacy

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