machicolation
/muh-chik-uh-ley-shuhn/US // məˌtʃɪk əˈleɪ ʃən //UK // (məˌtʃɪkəʊˈleɪʃən) //
机制化,机制,机制化的,机制上的隔离
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Architecture.
- : an opening in the floor between the corbels of a projecting gallery or parapet, as on a wall or in the vault of a passage, through which missiles, molten lead, etc., might be cast upon an enemy beneath.
- : a projecting gallery or parapet with such openings.
Examples
It was therefore superseded ere long by the use of machicolation, where a projecting stone gallery replaced the woodwork.
Another machicolation (I) opened from the roof in front of the second portcullis and second door.
This wooden story probably formed the bell chamber; the machicolation-like supports still existed in 1781.
Gables were furnished with crow-steps, while machicolation became at times almost fantastic.
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