mezekouw
In architecture, a machicolation () is an opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement through which defenders can target attackers who have reached the base of the defensive wall. A smaller related structure that only protects key points of a fortification is referred to as a bretèche. Machicolation, hoarding, bretèches, and murder holes are all similar defensive features serving the same purpose: to enable defenders atop a defensive structure to target attackers below. The primary benefit of the design is to allow defenders to remain behind cover rather than being exposed when lean
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- Cutaway of a medieval wall. The machicolation is labelled G.
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Een mezekouw, ook wel mezenkooi, machicoulis of messekouw, is een vierkant werpgat tussen de uit elkaar geplaatste kraagstenen van de stenen uitbouwen van torens en muren van een middeleeuws kasteel of stad. De werpgaten bevinden zich meestal bij de toegangspoort(en).
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