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| Machicolation | |
|---|---|
Mâchicoulis, Piombatoio | |
 A box-machicolation of the Tal-Wejter Tower, in Birkirkara, Malta[1] | |
| General information | |
| Location | Europe, Middle East and North Africa |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Stone, sometimes wood |
In architecture, a machicolation or machicolade (French: mâchicoulis) is a floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones or other material (such as boiling water, hot sand, quicklime[2] or boiling cooking-oil) could be dropped by defenders on attackers lurking at the base of a defensive wall[3] during (for example) a siege. A smaller version found on smaller structures is called a box-machicolation.
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- ^ Medieval castle SIEGES in depth
- ^ Jaccarini, C. J. (2002). "Il-Muxrabija: Wirt l-Izlam fil-Gzejjer Maltin" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 7 (1). Ghaqda Maltija tal-Folklor: 17–22.