A portcullis is a heavy castle door or gate made of metal strips that form a grid. A castle guardian might lower the portcullis to protect the people inside from an invading army.
A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.
Noun
gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
n.
A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung
over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance
of an enemy.
n.
An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for
the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the
figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
v. t.
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut;
to bar.
Portcullis
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Portcullis
A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
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