machicolation
(en)
(noun) an opening between the corbels of a projecting parapet or in the floor of a gallery or roof of a portal for discharging missiles upon assailants below / (noun) a gallery or parapet containing such openings / (noun) construction imitating medieval machicolation
They smiled to imagine Tertia on the battlements, peering glassily from behind machicolations.
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