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Mace
A short staff with heavy head like a club
Machicolations
Openings in a floor allowing missiles to be dropped on the enemy below
Malvoisin
A large mound of earth or stone built by attackers near a castle used for firing from
Mangonel
A siege engine used for throwing large stones
Manor
The land owned by a lord.
Martyr
Someone who would rather die than renounce their faith
Mason
A craftsman who cuts and builds with stone
Men-at-arms
Common medieval soldiers
Merlon
The 'teeth' of the battlements between crenels
Minster
Large church originally linked to a monastery
Misericorde
A dagger with a fine blade used to put injured soldiers out of their misery on the battlefield
Moat
A ditch surrounding a building filled with water
Monastery
Where monks or nuns live
Monk
A man who has taken vows and joined a religious community
Motte
A large earth mound either natural or artificial on which a castle is built
Mouldings
Ornamental lines of carved projections under or over a plain surface
Mullion
Vertical bars in windows that divide the area into smaller sections
Murder-hole
Openings in a floor allowing missiles to be dropped on the enemy below
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Nave
The main body of a church from the west end to the choir. The nave could be divided north and south by screens (More...)
Newel Stair
Spiral staircase made of keyhole shaped stones
Niche
An ornamental recess in a wall containing a statue
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Obelisk
Memorial stone column
Occularium
The slit in a helmet for the wearer to see through
Of the Field
A term used in blazonry when a tincture is used more than once
Ogree Arch
A pointed arch with both concave and convex parts
Or
A colour used in heraldry representing the metal gold
Oratory
A small cell attached to a chapel
Ordinaries
The basic geometrical shapes (charges) used in heraldry (More...)
Oriel
A kind of bay window
Orle
A heraldic shape forming a border near the edge of a shield (More...)
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