单词 | portcullis |
释义 | portcullis n.   1. a strong heavy grating sliding up and down in vertical grooves, lowered to block a gateway in a fortress etc.   2. (Portcullis) Heraldry one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Arms, with this as a badge. Derivatives portcullised adj. Etymology: ME f. OF porte cole{iuml}ce sliding door f. porte door f. L porta + col(e){iuml}ce fem. of coule{iuml}s sliding ult. f. L colare filter |
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