portcullis

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman porte coliz and Old French porte coulëice, from porte (“door”) + feminine of colëis (“sliding”), from couler (“to flow”).

A portcullis in Stirling, Scotland

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɔːtˈkʌlɪs/

Noun

portcullis (plural portcullises)

1. A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.

Translations

gate in the form of a grating

Belarusian: герса (be) (gersa) f. Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Czech: padací mříž (cs) f. Danish: faldgitter (da) Dutch: valhek (nl) n. Esperanto: herso (eo) French: herse (fr) f. German: Fallgatter (de) n. Hebrew: שער מתרומם (he) m.

Hungarian: hullórostély (hu) Italian: inferriata (it) f., saracinesca (it) f. Polish: brona (pl) f. Portuguese: grade levadiça (pt) f. Russian: ворота подъёмной решётки (ru) (voróta pod”jómnoj rešótki) n. pl., ворота крепостные (ru) (voróta krepostnýje) n. pl., опускная решётка (ru) (opusknája rešótka) f. Spanish: rastrillo (es) m. Swedish: fällgaller (sv) n. Turkish: tarla sürgüsü (tr)