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machicolate

ma·chic·o·late [ mə chíkə làyt ] (past and past participle ma·chic·o·lat·ed, present participle ma·chic·o·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular ma·chic·o·lates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
build castle with projecting galleries: to provide a castle wall with projecting galleries along its top

[Late 18th century. < Anglo-Latin machicolare< Provençal machacol "neck-crusher"]
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