tr.v. ma·chic·o·lat·ed, ma·chic·o·lat·ing, ma·chic·o·lates To provide or furnish with machicolations. [Medieval Latin machicolāre, machicolāt-, from Old French machicoller, from machicoleis, machicolation, from Old Provençal machacol : macar, to crush (from Vulgar Latin *maccāre) + col, neck (from Latin collum; see kwel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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