| Portcullis (portcullis) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Port*cul"lis |
| [OF. porte
coulisse, coleïce, a sliding door, fr. L.
colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F.
couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis,
Colander.] |
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.
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.
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| Portcullis (portcullis) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Port*cul"lis |
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To obstruct with, or as with,
a portcullis] to shut; to bar.
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