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Portcullis
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(1):
(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.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Portcullis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/portcullis.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Portcullis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/portcullis.html. 1828.
