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machicolations (defensive wall components, <defensive walls and defensive wall components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Projecting series of corbels often surmounting the walls of later Medieval fortifications and carrying an overhanging portion of the stone floor of the rampart; also, the openings in the floor between the corbels for the delivery of missiles on the enemy below. |
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machicolations (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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machicolation (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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堞眼 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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凸堞 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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dié yǎn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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die yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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tieh yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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machicoulis (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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machicouli (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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hordijs (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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hordijzen (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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pekneus (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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pekneuzen (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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werpgang (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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werpgangen (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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Maschikulis (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Maschikuli (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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matacanes (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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matacán (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 中世紀晚期堡壘建築城牆上常見的一系列突出承托結構,能支撐壁壘石砌地板懸附的部份。另外也指承托結構之間的底板開口,用以供朝下方敵軍投擲武器。 |
Dutch ..... Uitgekraagde gaanderijen op stads-, vesting- of kasteelmuren, voorzien van schietopeningen in de vloer, tevens dienende voor het werpen van kokende olie, stenen e.d. op zich aan de voet van de muren bevindende aanvallers. Gebruik voor kleinere uitvoeringen, 'mezenkouwen'. |
German ..... Vorstehende Reihe von Konsolen, oft an den Mauern spätmittelalterlicher Befestigungsanlagen, einen überkragenden Teil des Steinbodens des Walls tragend; außerdem dienen die Lücken im Boden zwischen den Konsolen zum Abwerfen von Materialien auf den darunter stehenden Feind. |
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