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portcullis

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
portcullis/pɔːtˈkʌlɪs/

▶noun a strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it.

– derivatives
portcullised adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. porte coleice ‘sliding door’.

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