Parts of a Castle - Glossary of Terms |
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| Machicolations | Projecting gallery on brackets, on outside of castle or towers, with holes in floor for dropping rocks, shooting, etc. |
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| Mantlet | Detached fortification preventing direct access to a gateway; low outer wall.
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| Merlon | The high segment of the alternating high and low segments of a battlement.
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| Meurtriere | An opening in the roof of a passage where soldiers could shoot into the room below. Also see "Murder Holes".
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| Moat | A deep trench usually filled with water that surrounded a castle. |
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| Moline | Ends curling outward. |
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| Mortar | A mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together; as opposed to drylaid masonry. |
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| Motte | A mound of earth on which a tower was built; artificial conical earth mound (sometimes an old barrow) for the keep.
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| Motte-&-bailey | Earth mound with wood or stone keep, surrounded by ditched and palisaded enclosure (or courtyard).
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| Moulding | Masonry decoration; long, narrow, casts strong shadows.
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| Mullion | Vertical division of windows. |
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| Mural | Wall (adjectival). |
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| Murder Holes | A section between the main gate and a inner portcullis where arrows, rocks, and hot oil can be dropped from the roof though holes. Provides good cover for defenders and leaves the attacker open. Only used when outer gate has been breach. |
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