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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Portcullis, Portclusenoun
A sort of machine like a harrow, hung over the gates of a city, to be let down to keep out an enemy.
Etymology: portecoulisse, Fr. quasi porta clausa.
Over it a fair portcullis hong,
Which to the gate directly did incline,
With comely compass and compacture strong,
Neither unseemly short, nor yet exceeding long. F. Qu.The cannon against St. Stephen’s gate executed so well, that the portcullis and gate were broken, and entry opened into the city. John Hayward.
She the huge portcullis high up drew,
Which but herself, not all the Stygian pow’rs
Cou’d once have mov’d. John Milton.Pyrrhus comes, neither men nor walls
His force sustain, the torn portcullis falls. John Denham.The upper eyelid claps down, and is as good a fence as a portcullis against the importunity of the enemy. More.
The gates are opened, the portcullis drawn;
And deluges of armies from the town
Come pouring in. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Portclusenoun
a portcullis
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of portcluse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of portcluse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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