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 (DIR) Post #Aj2XO94Fo7up7zQvHU by drskyskull@mastodon.social
       2024-06-17T23:00:33Z
       
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       Don't ask me why I looked it up, but it turns out there's an actual word for the opening through which you pour boiling liquids to defend your castle: machicolation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machicolation
       
 (DIR) Post #Aj2XO9p309LVT7KIDY by log@mastodon.sdf.org
       2024-06-18T03:41:11Z
       
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       @drskyskull A word I first encountered in text-based games.  But between us, I preferred to call them murder holes.