[ma.chic.o.la.tion] n [ML machicolare to furnish with machicolations, fr. MF machicoller, fr. machicoleis machicolation, fr. macher to crush + col neck, fr. L collum--more at collar] (1788) 1 a: an opening between the corbels of a projecting parapet or in the floor of a gallery or roof of a portal for discharging missiles upon assailants below--see battlement illustration b: a gallery or parapet containing such openings
2: construction imitating medieval machicolation -- ma.chic.o.lat.ed adj