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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 βmacherβ, meaning to crush, and βcolβ, meaning neck. pic.twitter.com/T7o7naZM2Gβ Haggard Hawks π¦
(@HaggardHawks) December 15, 2021