20 Terms
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Medieval
Hyperboloid
History; Medieval
Either of two quadric surfaces generated by rotating a hyperbola about either of its main axes and having a finite centre with certain plane sections that are hyperbolas and others that are ellipses ...
Machicolation
History; Medieval
Projecting gallery at the top of a castle wall, supported by a row of corbeled arches and having openings in the floor through which stones and boiling liquids could be dropped on attackers.
Flying buttress
History; Medieval
Arched masonry support serving to bear thrust, as from a roof or vault, away from a main structure to an outer pier or buttress.
Battlements
History; Medieval
Notched parapet built on top of a wall and having alternating merlons and crenels for decoration or defense.
