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n. A grating of iron or wooden bars or slats, suspended in the gateway of a fortified place and lowered to block passage.

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

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

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

n. In fortification, a strong grating of timber or iron, somewhat resembling a harrow, made to slide in vertical grooves in the jambs of the entrance-gate of a fortified place, to protect the gate in case of assault.

n. In heraldry: Same as lattice

n. The representation of a portcullis: a rare bearing, but familiar in English art of the fifteenth century from its adoption as a badge by the Tudors and in the city arms of Westminster.

n. One of the pursuivants of the English College of Heralds: so called from his distinctive badge.

n. A coin struck in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, with a portcullis stamped on the reverse.

To arm or furnish with a portcullis; hence, to bar; obstruct.

n. 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

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portcullised    portcullising   

shut    bar   

drawbridge    archway    gatehouse    barbican    bastion