"portcullis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɔːtˈkʌl.ɪs/ [UK], /pɔɹtˈkʌl.ɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-portcullis.wav Forms: portcullises [plural], portcullisses [plural], portculli [plural, rare], portscullis [plural, rare]
Etymology: From Middle English portcolyse, from Old French porte colëice, from porte (“door”) + feminine of colëiz (“sliding”), ultimately from Latin colāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|portcolyse}} Middle English portcolyse, {{der|en|fro|porte colëice}} Old French porte colëice, {{der|en|la|colo|colāre}} Latin colāre Head templates: {{en-noun|+|portcullisses|portculli|portscullis|pl3qual=rare|pl4qual=rare}} portcullis (plural portcullises or portcullisses or (rare) portculli or (rare) portscullis)
  1. A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc. Translations (gate in the form of a grating): ге́рса (hjérsa) [feminine] (Belarusian), padací mříž [feminine] (Czech), faldgitter (Danish), valhek [neuter] (Dutch), valpoort [feminine] (Dutch), herso (Esperanto), herse [feminine] (French), Fallgatter [neuter] (German), שער מתרומם [masculine] (Hebrew), hullórostély (Hungarian), inferriata [feminine] (Italian), saracinesca [feminine] (Italian), brona [feminine] (Polish), grade levadiça [feminine] (Portuguese), rastrilho [masculine] (Portuguese), воро́та подъёмной решётки (voróta podʺjómnoj rešótki) [neuter, plural] (Russian), воро́та крепостны́е (voróta krepostnýje) [neuter, plural] (Russian), опускна́я решётка (opusknája rešótka) [feminine] (Russian), dvižna vrata [neuter, plural] (Slovene), rastrillo [masculine] (Spanish), fällgaller [neuter] (Swedish), ประตูชัก (bprà-dtuu-chák) (Thai), tarla sürgüsü (Turkish), герса (hersa) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-portcullis-en-noun-iUlzqHiw Disambiguation of 'gate in the form of a grating': 97 3
  2. (historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. Tags: historical
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: percullice [archaic], portclose [archaic], portcluse [obsolete], portculis [rare], portculleis [archaic], portculles [archaic], port cullis, port-cullis [archaic], portecullis, porte-cullis [rare]

Verb

IPA: /pɔːtˈkʌl.ɪs/ [UK], /pɔɹtˈkʌl.ɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-portcullis.wav Forms: portcullises [present, singular, third-person], portcullisses [present, singular, third-person], portcullising [participle, present], portcullissing [participle, present], portcullised [participle, past], portcullised [past], portcullissed [participle, past], portcullissed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English portcolyse, from Old French porte colëice, from porte (“door”) + feminine of colëiz (“sliding”), ultimately from Latin colāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|portcolyse}} Middle English portcolyse, {{der|en|fro|porte colëice}} Old French porte colëice, {{der|en|la|colo|colāre}} Latin colāre Head templates: {{en-verb|((portcullis<>,portcullis<++>))}} portcullis (third-person singular simple present portcullises or portcullisses, present participle portcullising or portcullissing, simple past and past participle portcullised or portcullissed)
  1. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
    Sense id: en-portcullis-en-verb-vBGRpx4u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: percullice [archaic], portclose [archaic], portcluse [obsolete], portculis [rare], portculleis [archaic], portculles [archaic], port cullis, port-cullis [archaic], portecullis, porte-cullis [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "שער מתרומם"
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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "word": "hullórostély"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inferriata"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saracinesca"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brona"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "grade levadiça"
    },
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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rastrilho"
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      "roman": "voróta podʺjómnoj rešótki",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
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      "roman": "voróta krepostnýje",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
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      "word": "dvižna vrata"
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      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
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      "word": "fällgaller"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "bprà-dtuu-chák",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "word": "ประตูชัก"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gate in the form of a grating",
      "word": "tarla sürgüsü"
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      "word": "герса"
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