Portculis

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Rare form of portcullis. form-of, rare

    "Upon the Battlements of the Walls was another ſort of Engine placed for ſlinging of Stones, which they called Wild Aſſes; and at the Gates ſuch as they termed Wolves, made after a faſhion which ſomething reſembled Portculiſes."

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"Upon the Battlements of the Walls was another ſort of Engine placed for ſlinging of Stones, which they called Wild Aſſes; and at the Gates ſuch as they termed Wolves, made after a faſhion which ſomething reſembled Portculiſes."

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