Machicolations

<nowiki>matacán; machikoláció; Matakan; Машикули; Maschikuli; Машыкуль; машикула; Машикула; Machicoulis; Gură de aruncare; 出し狭間; מַשִׁיקוּלִי; 마시쿨리; Machicolation; Podsebití; piombatoia; mâchicoulis; Машыкуль; Машикулі; Mašikula; mata-cães; Tepe mazgalı; machicolation; lladronera; машикула; Mašikula; تیرکش دروازه قلعه; Mata-cães; Mašikulii; ช่องซัดอาวุธ; machikuły; Poll lámhaigh; mezekouw; 突堞; Mezekouw; Махикулы; machicolation; Matacán; رَوْشَن; maŝikuloj; Machicoulis; obra sólida que se ubica en la parte alta de una muralla, de una torre o de cualquier otra fortificación; buca a forma di feritoia delle antiche fortificazioni; élément de fortification; an der Außenmauer von mittelalterlichen Wehrbauten ausgesparte Wurf- oder Gussöffnung; floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement; rodzaj wystającego poza mur, obronnego ganka z otworami strzelniczymi w podłodze, stosowany w fortyfikacjach średniowiecznych; חלק ממערך ההגנה על שערים במבצר; ledobó nyílás középkori bástyákon; matacan; משיקולי; משיקולום; ช่องเชิงเทิน</nowiki>

machicolation 

floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement
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Part of	fortification
Authority file  Q23398 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file Search depicted

A machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, permitting the defense of the base of the wall.

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  Matacán, Castillo de Montealegre
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  Machicolation, Château de Caen
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  Machicolation, Carcassonne
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  Machicolation, Château de Puilaurens
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  Machicolation, Château de Dinan
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  Maschikulis
  Burg Fénis (14. Jh.)
  Italien
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  Maschikulis (14./15. Jh.)
  Burg Chillon bei Montreux, Schweiz
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  Machicolation, Château de Loches
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  Machicolation, Château de Chaumont (15. Jh.)
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  Machicolation, Runder Turm Andernach
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  Machicolation, Château de Pierrefonds
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  Decorative machicolation, Newark Castle, Port Glasgow
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  Decorative machicolation, Zechenturm Bochum-Hordel
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  View down through a machicolation on top of torre Guinigi at Lucca, Italy
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  Machicolations on the fortified church in Boian.

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