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- Portcullis - 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.
- Portcullis - 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.
- Portcullis - v. t. - To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
- Portcullised - imp. & p. p. - of Portcullis
- Portcullising - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Portcullis
- Portcullis - 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.