n. | 1. | (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. |
2. | An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; - so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. | |
v. t. | 1. | To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. |
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