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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACHICOLATED

Ma *chic "o *la `ted, a. Etym: [LL. machicolatus, p. p. of machicolare,machicollare. See Machicolation. ]

Defn: Having machicolations. "Machicolated turrets." C. Kingsley.

Oxford Dictionary

machicolated

machicolated |məˈtʃɪkəleɪtɪd | ▶adjective provided with machicolations: a machicolated fortress. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Anglo-Latin machicollare, based on Provençal machacol, from macar ‘to crush ’ + col ‘neck ’.