machicolade
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The efforts of the besieging force were concentrated against a space of about two hundred and fifty yards, containing two curtains, and two towers, one of which was the square barbican, the other had a pointed roof that was built to overlap, resting on a stone machicolade, and by this means a row of dangerous crenelets between the roof and the masonry grinned down at the nearer assailants [...]."
- "He staggered to the battlements and leant against them and was sick unto death. [...] Pressing his hot brow against the cool granite of the machicolade there came an overpowering desire for sleep [...]"
- "The crenelets, which grinned between the roof and the machicolade at the top of Outfangthef, were cleared of all obstructions."
- "So high was the roof on which we stood that only one of the towers or cupolas rose much above us. [...] 'There is some one who isn't much troubled by sub-lunary affairs,' I said, pointing over the machicolade."
Inflected Forms
machicolades (plural)