m 3 a 1 c 3 h 4 i 1 c 3 o 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
13 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
originFrom Late Latin machicol(amentum) (“machicolation”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process). Machicolamentum may be derived from Old French macher (“to chew; to crush”) (modern French mâcher) + col (“neck”) + Latin -mentum (suffix indicating an instrument or medium, or the result of something). The English word is cognate with Middle English machecolled (“having machicolations”),…
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