portcullis

port·cul·lis  (pôrt-kls, prt-)

n.

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

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[Middle English port-colice, from Old French porte coleice, sliding gate : porte, gate (from Latin porta; see per-² in Indo-European roots) + coleice, feminine of coleis, sliding (from Vulgar Latin *cltcius, from Latin cltus, past participle of clre, to filter, strain, from clum, sieve).]

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portcullis [pɔːtˈkʌlɪs]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an iron or wooden grating suspended vertically in grooves in the gateway of a castle or fortified town and able to be lowered so as to bar the entrance

[C14 port colice, from Old French porte coleïce sliding gate, from porte door, entrance + coleïce, from couler to slide, flow, from Late Latin cōlāre to filter]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

portcullis - 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 gate - a movable barrier in a fence or wall

Translations

portcullis [pɔːtˈkʌlɪs] N → rastrillo m

portcullis [pɔː^rtˈkʌlɪs] n → herse f

portcullis

n → Fallgitter nt, → Fallgatter nt

portcullis [pɔːtˈkʌlɪs] n → saracinesca

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portcullis [pɔːtˈkʌlɪs] n → saracinesca