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machicolate

(mə c̸hik′ə lāt′)

transitive verb machicolated, machicolating

to put machicolations in (a parapet, etc.)

Origin: < ML machicolatus, pp. of machicolare < MFr machicoler < *machicol, machicolation < Prov machacol < macar, to crush, beat (< VL *maccare, to crush) + col, neck: from use of machicolations for dropping stones, etc.

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transitive verb ma·chic·o·lat·ed, ma·chic·o·lat·ing, ma·chic·o·lates

To provide or furnish with machicolations.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin machicolāre, machicolāt-

Origin: , from Old French machicoller

Origin: , from machicoleis, machicolation

Origin: , from Old Provençal machacol

Origin: : macar, to crush (from Vulgar Latin *maccāre)

Origin: + col, neck (from Latin collum; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots)

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