machicolation

n. 枪眼

发音

UK /məˌt͡ʃɪkəˈleɪʃən/

词形变化

machicolations 复数 machicolations

别名

machicolade

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.

    可数 不可数 建筑
  2. 2.

    A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.

    可数 不可数 建筑

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

parapet breastwork

词源

From Late Latin machicol(amentum) (“machicolation”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process). Machicolamentum may be derived from Old French macher (“to chew; to crush”) (modern French mâcher) + col (“neck”) + Latin -mentum (suffix indicating an instrument or medium, or the result of something). The English word is cognate with Middle English machecolled (“having machicolations”), machecolling (“act of constructing machicolation; the openings making up the machicolation”), Middle French machecoleis (modern French mâchicoulis (“machicolation”)), Latin machecollum (“machicolation”), Occitan machacol.

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