Machicolation
Floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A machicolation (French: mâchicoulis) is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones or other material, such as boiling water, hot sand, quicklime[2] or boiling cooking oil, could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall.[3] A smaller version found on smaller structures is called a box-machicolation.
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Machicolation | |
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Mâchicoulis, Piombatoio | |
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Location | Europe, Middle East and North Africa |
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Material | Stone, sometimes wood |
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