machicolate

transitive verb

ma·​chic·​o·​late

məˈchikəˌlāt,

maˈ-

-ed/-ing/-s

: to furnish (as a turret) with machicolations

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin machicolatus, past participle of machicolare, from Old French machicoller, from machicoleis machicolation, from macher to crush (of imitative origin) + col neck, from Latin collum

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