Word
Portcullis
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
port-cul-lis
Definition
- 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.
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