machecollum

machecollum [AN machecolle, OF machecolie] , (arch.) machicolation. 1370 in ij ferramentis iiij crampons emptis pro machecoll’ KR Ac 466/19 (cf. Building in Eng. 290); 1387 pro ciiij xx xj corbell’ et machecoll’ levigatis et quadratis ‥ emptis ‥ pro municione ville et marchie Cales’ KR Ac 183/12 f. 16.