What does machiolate mean?
Machiolate means (rare, of a parapet) machicolated.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare, of a parapet) machicolated.
Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate.
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.
The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.
These churches had such defensive features as thick walls, loopholes, machiolate parapets and towers.
Use machiolate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Machiolate means (rare, of a parapet) machicolated.
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Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate.
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