Portculis
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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