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    [Noun]  | "port*cul*lis" | \ pȯrt-ˈkə-ləs \


    1: a grating of iron hung over the gateway of a fortified place and lowered between grooves to prevent passage


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English port colice, from Anglo-French porte coliz, literally, sliding door;

    [Noun]  | "portcullises" 


    1: as in posterns, trapdoors;


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