ALL meanings of portcullis
port·cul·lis
P p - noun portcullis castle gate that is raised and lowered 1
- noun portcullis (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage. 1
- countable noun portcullis A portcullis is a strong gate above an entrance to a castle and used to be lowered to the ground in order to keep out enemies. 0
- noun portcullis 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 0
- noun portcullis a heavy iron grating suspended by chains and lowered between grooves to bar the gateway of a castle or fortified town 0