In architecture, a machicolation (French: mâchicoulis) is an opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which defenders could target...

beginning in 1190 to house the King's archives and treasures, and given machicoulis and features of a Gothic fortress. However, it was soon made obsolete...

engineer Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry built a two-story Maison à Machicoulis or "Machicolated House" on the site to replace the old fort. In 1755...

which they could be sheltered as they fired arrows; and floor openings (mâchicoulis), from which they could drop rocks, burning oil or other objects on the...

manoir, qui présente bientôt « fossés, tour, pont-levis, barbacane, mâchicoulis et autres rempare-ments » (5). En 1543, François Le Roy (1519-1606),...

"Montsoreau romantique". Revue 303 (58).. Salamagne, Alain (2001). "Archères mâchicoulis et tours dans l'architecture militaire du Moyen Âge (XIIIe-XVe siècles)...

protection to defenders. Some also featured machicolations (from the French machicoulis, approximately "neck-crusher") which consisted of openings between a...

latter. Like the military towers, they had loopholes and machicolations (mâchicoulis). These mixed-function towers are rare in the Chechen highland, probably...

manoir, qui présente bientôt « fossés, tour, pont-levis, barbacane, mâchicoulis et autres rempare-ments » (5). En 1543, François Le Roy (1519-1606),...

meters away, with a wall fortified with bastions, and the addition of a machicoulis over the entrance. Bishop De Castanet surrounded the complex with a new...

from the wall between the towers. This feature was a predecessor of the machicoulis. The overhang is supported on stone brackets, two of which are carved...

former site of Fort Conti 1726: The French built the two-story “Maison a Machicoulis” (referred to today as the “French Castle”). 1893: A US Coast Guard Station...

the Cathedral tower, twenty-five meters away. He added bastions and a machicoulis over the entrance, to drop heavy objects or boiling water on any attackers...

turret called a bartizan. The east wall has a projecting balcony called a machicoulis, (or murder hole) which has an opening in the floor, through which heavy...

intact, is described by Pevsner as of "red stone with round towers and machicoulis." It is a Grade II listed building. A Victorian engraving of Goodrich...

main gate was at this era known as a moineau or cornichon. Crowned with machicoulis, this work covered casemates with loopholes. Its ogivale gate was adorned...

the prestige of the family that built it. The tower, with corbels at Machicoulis (as in the architecture of the time), is located at the corner between...

the massive guest house for poor pilgrims, and the building of the Machicoulis (Named for its castle-like upper walls) which was a depot and kitchen...

upper floor is a defensive position with openings at the planking of the mâchicoulis for firing downwards. The tower is topped with an octagonal upper building...

from Parson's Lodge Battery to Buena Vista Barracks. This wall and the Machicouli Gallery above Camp Bay are both List A items and are protected by the...