Concept information
Preferred term
Machicolations
Definition
- Projecting series of corbels often surmounting the walls of later Medieval fortifications and carrying an overhanging portion of the stone floor of the rampart; also, openings in the floor between the corbels for delivery of missiles on the enemy below [AAT]
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Galleries, machicolations
- Overhangs, machicolations
Notation
- 117699
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DX0X9W3N-X
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