Loophole / Loop window / Arrow loop
Arrow loop / loophole: A vertical slit for archers in medieval fortification walls, with jambs deeply splayed toward the interior
Loop: a loophole ...
loophole
In military architecture, a narrow hole in a wall through which ordnance or arms can be fired.
louver vent ...
Loophole - Narrow, tall opening, wallslit for light, air, or shooting through.
Louvre - Opening in roof (sometimes topped with lantern) to allow smoke to escape from central hearth.
Lozenge - Diamond shape.
Loophole: slit in wall for light, air, or shooting through
Machicolation: a projection in the battlements of a wall with openings through which missiles could be dropped on besiegers ...
Loop, loophole, loup: (1) A narrow opening in the wall or merlon of a fortification, through which missiles were discharged at the enemy, positioned to command the approaches, as well as protecting the weak spots.
meutrieres (loopholes) : Murder holes.
minaret : A slender, lofty tower with balconies attached to a Muslim mosque.
Contrast with centrally-planned building Loophole: Narrow, tall opening; Wall slit for light, air, or shooting through. Louvre: Opening in roof (sometimes topped with lantern) to allow smoke to escape from central hearth.
Oilette - a round opening at the base of a loophole or arrowloop, usually for a cannon muzzle.
Olite or Oolite - granular limestone.
Onager - Roman name for a Mangonel, literally a "wild ass".
The usual method is to have two gates, the outer one a lattice or portcullis of iron bars and the inner one a plate of halfinch steel armour, backed by wood and loopholed.
The gables have loops or loopholes found in medieval architecture as a place for launching arrows. Under the gables are paired windows with triangular arches, dripmolds, and roundels.
An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.
2.
(Bot.) Same as Crenature.
(quoins) at the angle or corner of a building placed with the long side alternately upright and horizontal, especially in Anglo-Saxon structures.LonghouseHouse and byre in the same range with internal access between them.LoopholeAn ...
Nevertheless each castle would be composed of a number of common features which could include a rock-cut fosse or ditch, a glacis or stone revetment and one or more sets of curtain wall linked by towers, with possibly a keep in the middle. Loopholes ...
 See also: Architecture, Castle, Floor, Medieval, Tower
  
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