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‖ pont-levis
(‖ pɔ̃ləvi, pɒntˈlɛvɪs)
Also 5 pount.
[a. F. pont-levis, f. pont bridge + levis, OF. leveïs, adj. movable up and down = Pr. levadis:—L. type *levātīcius, f. levāre to raise.]
1. A drawbridge.
1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxv. K ij, Pount leveiz that be made faste therto whiche are called flyghyng brygges. 1844Browning Sibrand. Schafnab. iii, Yonder's a plum⁓tree with a crevice..A lap of moss like a fine pont-levis In a castle of the middle age, Joins to a lip of gum, pure amber.
2. Horsemanship. (See quot.)
1727Bailey vol. II, Pontlevi's (in Horsemanship) is a disorderly resisting Action of a Horse in Disobedience to his Rider, in which he rears up several Times running, and rises up so upon his hind Legs, that he is in Danger of coming over. |