“Low gaps or openings in the battlements of a castle are known as MACHICOLATIONS. Because they would have been used to drop rocks and boiling liquids onto anyone attacking the castle below, they take their name from the French ‘macher’, meaning to crush, and ‘col’, meaning neck.”
“Low gaps or openings in the battlements of a castle are known as MACHICOLATIONS. Because they would have been used to drop rocks and boiling liquids onto anyone attacking the castle below, they take their name from the French ‘macher’, meaning to crush, and ‘col’, meaning neck.”