英语词汇“machicolate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

machicolate

释义

machicolate, v.|məˈtʃɪkəleɪt|
Also 8–9 machecollate, matchicolate.
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. machicol(l)āre = OF. machecoller: see machecole v.]
trans. To furnish with machicolations. Chiefly in maˈchicolated pa. pple. and ppl. a.
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 536 The gate-house..is fortified with a port-cluse or port-cullis, and machecollated.1814Britton Archit. Antiq. IV. 181 Cæsar's-tower..is surmounted by a bold machicolated parapet.1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Bloudie Jacke, With iron it's plated And machecollated, To pour boiling oil or lead down.1860Hawthorne Marble Faun (1879) I. vi. 61 A mediaeval tower,..battlemented and machicolated at the summit.1890Times 8 Apr. 11/3 The machicolated towers of Raglan Castle.
transf.1848W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1887) 7, I could see every stone of the towers, matchicolated with stork's nests.

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