Word Meaning

Meaning of "portcullis" and the crossword clue

- Iron grating at a castle entrance
- 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.
- 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.
- To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.