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Definition of Portcullises
1. portcullis [n] - See also: portcullis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portcullises
Literary usage of Portcullises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"... down and break the portcullises and gates of the city; and very few hours were
allowed him to deliberate upon the execution of these vio.ant orders. ..."
2. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication by David Hume (1856)
"... down and break the portcullises and gates of the city; and very few hours were
allowed him to deliberate upon the execution of these vio.ant orders. ..."
3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, James Norris Brewer, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Frederic Shoberl, Joseph Nightingale, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, John Bigland, John Evans, Thomas Rees (1803)
"... roses, portcullises, coats of arms, and other •- j'TK Several of the windows
arc also adorned with stained :e. representing armorial bearings. ..."
4. A Summer Vacation by Lucia Ellen Barney Downing (1907)
"With its esplanade, its drawbridges, its portcullises, and prisons, and gates
and archways, ... portcullises ..."
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