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  machicolate Machida  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
machicolation
 
SYLLABICATION:ma·chic·o·la·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  m-chk-lshn
NOUN:1a. A projecting gallery at the top of a castle wall, supported by a row of corbeled arches and having openings in the floor through which stones and boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers. b. One of these openings. 2. A row of small corbeled arches used as an ornamental architectural feature.
 
 
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  machicolate Machida  
 
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