English-Thai Dictionary

portcullis

N ซุ้มประตู เหล็ก สำหรับ ปิด ทางเข้า ปราสาท หรือ ป้อม  sum-pra-tu-lek-sam-rab-pid-tang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORTCULLIS

n.[L. clausus.] In fortification, an assemblage of timbers joined across one another, like those of a harrow, and each pointed with iron; hung over the gateway of a fortified town, to be let down in case of surprise, to prevent the entrance of an enemy.

 

PORTCULLIS

v.t.To shut; to bar; to obstruct.

 

PORTCULLISED

a.Having a portcullis.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORTCULLIS

Port *cul "lis, n. Etym: [OF. porte coulisse, coleïce, a sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis, Colander. ]

 

1. (Fort. )

 

Defn: 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. "Let the portcullis fall. " Sir W. Scott. She. .. the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton.

 

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

Port *cul "lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portcullised; p. pr. & vb. n.Portcullising.]

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

portcullis

port cul lis |pôrtˈkələs ˌpɔrtˈkələs | ▶noun a strong, heavy grating sliding up and down in vertical grooves, lowered to block a gateway to a fortress or town. DERIVATIVES port cul lised adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French porte coleice ‘sliding door, ’ from porte ‘door ’ (from Latin porta ) + coleice ‘sliding ’ (feminine of couleis, from Latin colare ‘to filter ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

portcullis

port |cul ¦lis |pɔːtˈkʌlɪs | ▶noun a strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it. DERIVATIVES portcullised adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French porte coleice ‘sliding door ’, from porte ‘door ’ (from Latin porta ) + coleice ‘sliding ’ (feminine of couleis, from Latin colare ‘to filter ’).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

portcullis

port cul lis /pɔː r tkʌ́lɪs /名詞 C 落とし格子門 〘敵の侵入を防ぐために引き下げて城などの入り口を閉鎖する 〙.