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.
MEURTRIERES: Murder holes, for dropping stones on those below. .
MOAT: A ditch, usually filled with water, surrounding a castle. A common first line of defense.
Boiling oil holes: See murder holes, meurtriéres.
Bonnet: A small triangular work consisting of two faces which was situated in front and parallel to the salient angle of a bastion or a ravelin, which provided additional defence against enfilade fire.
alternative name for murder holes
Mezzanine
a low storey beween two higher ones (entresol) ...
meutrieres (loopholes) : Murder holes.
minaret : A slender, lofty tower with balconies attached to a Muslim mosque.
 See also: Arches, Ridge, Murder hole, Hall, Courtyard
  
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