"machicolate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: machicolates [present, singular, third-person], machicolating [participle, present], machicolated [participle, past], machicolated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis (“machicolation”), from Old Occitan machacol, from macar (“to crush”) + col (“neck”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|machicolātus}} Medieval Latin machicolātus, {{der|en|fro|machicoller}} Old French machicoller, {{der|en|pro|machacol}} Old Occitan machacol Head templates: {{en-verb}} machicolate (third-person singular simple present machicolates, present participle machicolating, simple past and past participle machicolated)
  1. To furnish with machicolations. Wikipedia link: Machicolations Derived forms: machicolation
    Sense id: en-machicolate-en-verb-c7qiD6cg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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