ma.chic.o.la.tion
n.(名词)
A projecting gallery at the top of a castle wall, supported by a row of corbeled arches and having openings in the floor through which stones and boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers.有堞式射击口的胸墙:在堡城上部突出的长廊,由一排靠梁托支持的弓形结构支撑,通过长廊在地面的开口可向进攻者投掷石块和倾倒沸水One of these openings.堞眼:这些开口之一A row of small corbeled arches used as an ornamental architectural feature.堞式建筑物:用作建筑装饰特征的一排由梁托支撑的弓形结构