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单词 portcullis
释义 portcullis
 /pawrt kul"is, pohrt-/,  n.  
 (esp. in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
 [1300-50; ME portecolys < MF porte coleice, equiv. to porte PORT4 + coleice, fem. of coleis flowing, sliding < VL *colaticius; see COULEE, -ITIOUS]
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