Portcullis /(?)/

Port·cul·lis

Portcullis

n.
  1. 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. (Fort.)
    She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew.
  2. 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.

Portcullis

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Portcullised; p. pr. & vb. n. Portcullising

  1. To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.]