/meuh chik"euh layt'/ , v.t., machicolated, machicolating .
to provide with machicolations.
[ 1765-75; machecoll ( um ), a Latinization of MF * machecol lit., (it) breaks (the) neck (from the use of such openings to drop projectiles on an ascending attacker; mache, 3d sing. pres. of macher to beat, break, bruise (appar. of expressive orig.) + col neck (see COLLAR)) + -ATE 1 ; cf. late ME machecollyd machicolated ]