machicolate

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  1. Medieval Latin machicolāre, machicolāt-, from Old French machicoller, from machicoleis, machicolation, from Old Provençal machacol : macar, to crush (from Vulgar Latin *maccāre) + col, neck (from Latin collum; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle Latin machicolatus, past participle of *machicolare, machicollare, from Old French machecoller, machecouler, machicoller, etc., furnish with a projecting gallery, from machecolie, machicolie, maschecoulis, a projecting gallery: see machicoulis.
 

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/məˈtʃɪkəleɪt/
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