PORTCULLIS

portcullis

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

portcullis (plural portcullises)

A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.

(historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

Verb

portcullis (third-person singular simple present portcullises, present participle portcullising, simple past and past participle portcullised)

To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.

Source: Wiktionary

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Port*cul"lis, n. Etym: [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.]

1. (Fort.)

Definition: 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. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton.

2. 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.

Port*cul"lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised; p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising.]

Definition: To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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