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murder hole

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murder hole
An opening in an overhanging medieval defensive structure through which boiling water, boiling oil, or rocks could be dropped on an attacker; also called a machicolation.
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They can fire from one murder hole then quickly move on to another one.
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It is an original door which leads to the toilets, and down the murder hole would be poured all manner of extremely nasty materials on to the heads of attackers.
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