How To Use Portcullis In A Sentence
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He then took up the reins of the mule that lugged his few belongings and led the animal towards the portcullis.
THE ANCIENT FUTURE: THE DARK AGE
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Sitting in the shade of the fig trees in Westminster's bustling Portcullis House last week, Ian Cawsey recalled with grim humour the moment when he almost died.
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Known as a barbican, this part of the castle would have a drawbridge, a portcullis, arrow slits, machicolations (murder holes) - any devise that was thought to be useful at stopping the enemy.
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Sticking his head down through the entrance, he saw the portcullis was up and he wondered how to lower it.
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He paused before passing through the first gate and into the short passageway between the entrance to the fortress and the inner portcullis.
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They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts, and aneath the auld portcullis; and the whole front of the house was lighted, and there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be in Sir Roberts house at Pace and Yule, and such high seasons.
Wandering Willie’s Tale
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Unbroken, that is, except by the gate itself, with the heavy iron bars of the portcullis still lowered at this early hour.
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He paused before passing through the first gate and into the short passageway between the entrance to the fortress and the inner portcullis.
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Erastus answered and the gate was lowered, the portcullis drawn up.
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Visitors to the Richard III Museum are still able to operate the portcullis's mechanism, and it could be lowered if necessary.
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The massively arched door, in the style of a portcullis, is defended on either side by rampant lions, petrified in mid-snarl.
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The way across into the first circle was a stone and cobbled bridge, arched by stone and wood semi-circles and blocked by a huge portcullis.
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The guard nodded to the old gatekeeper, who set to work hefting the chains that would raise the small portcullis that now blocked the way out into the city.
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Let the portcullis fall! "wondering what a" portcullis "was, and if I should ever see one or even a château-fort.
Chateau and Country Life in France
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They passed by the main gateway, which consisted of portcullises and a drawbridge that stood between two massive towers, each with projecting becs.
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Morgen’s and a hatache all the afternunch; plays gehamerat when he’s ernst but misses mausey when he’s lustyg; walked as far as the Head where he sat in state as the Rump; shows Early Eng-lish tracemarks and a marigold window with manigilt lights, a myrioscope, two remarkable piscines and three wellworthseeing ambries; arches all portcullised and his nave dates from dots; is
Finnegans Wake
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The portcullis is down on the Middle Tower, and the Lion Gate is barred.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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Duke of York in every severy, and with crowned roses and portcullis alternating with each other, intimating that, as the portcullis was the second defence of a fortress when the gate was broken down, so he had a second claim to the crown through his mother, daughter of John de
A Short Account of King's College Chapel
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I panicked, and scrambled to the back of the wagon again as the portcullis lifted to admit us to the courtyard.
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They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts, and aneath the auld portcullis; and the whole front of the house was lighted, and there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Roberts house at Pace and Yule, and such high seasons.
Wandering Willie’s Tale
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And when we approached Fort Henry I fully expected to see some grand, imposing structure with "battled towers," "donjon keep," "portcullis,
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
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For in that garth was neither knight nor squire nor sergeant; no spear-head glittered from the wall, no gleam of helm showed from the war-swales; no porter was at the gate; the drawbridge over the deep ghyll was down, the portcullis was up, and the great door cast wide open.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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The massively arched door, in the style of a portcullis, is defended on either side by rampant lions, petrified in mid-snarl.
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But so little, it would seem, had this lonely fastness been approached from outside that when the impatient Granby halloed across to the dim figures behind the portcullis, they seemed, to have considerable difficulty even in lowering the great rusty drawbridge.
The Complete Father Brown
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This is meant to convey a sense of security and privacy: the drawbridge is pulled up and the portcullis is dropped.
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The original gate was built in the early 12 th century, the archway still showing Norman influence; in the 14th century it was heightened to accommodate a portcullis, and a barbican was added.
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Greyhounds, red dragons and portcullises belonging to heraldry of various family branches finish off the decorations.
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The gateway had what is called a portcullis; that is, a heavy iron gate suspended by chains, so as to rise and fall.
Rollo in Scotland
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To create a medieval feel, the towers will have arrow slits and cars will be able to drive under the archway beneath a raised portcullis.
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If he was admitted, the iron grating ( "portcullis") rose slowly on its creaking pulleys, the heavy, wooden doors swung open, and he found himself in the courtyard commanded by the great central tower ( "keep"), where the lord and his family lived, especially in time of war.
Early European History
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The gateway was equipped with a portcullis, but it was raised and the entry was protected only by a light, almost ornamental iron lattice.
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This is meant to convey a sense of security and privacy: the drawbridge is pulled up and the portcullis is dropped.
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They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; and the whole front of the house was lighted, and there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert’s house at Pace and
Redgauntlet
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The iron portcullis was slowly lowered down, but she saw no one in sight.
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In addition, a medieval style archway will be put up across Churchgate from January 11 until January 25 and it will be built complete with turrets, a portcullis and arrow slits.
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Between the slow ticking of the cogs I listened jealously for foreign sounds, and heard at length a gentle dripping across the breadth of the boathouse; that was the last of the "portcullis," as Raffles called it, rising out of the river; indeed, I could now see the difference in the stretch of stream underneath, for the open end of the boathouse was much less dark than mine; and when the faint band of reflected starlight had broadened as I thought enough, I ceased winding and groped my way down the steps into the boat.
Mr. Justice Raffles
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They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; and the whole front of the house was lighted, and there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert's house at
Redgauntlet
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Having carefully observed the horsemen, conversed awhile with the cavaliers, and bidden them farewel, the band wheeled round the court, and, led by Verezzi, issued forth under the portcullis; Montoni following to the portal, and gazing after them for some time.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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I heartily approve of the Civic Trust's proposal to lower the portcullis at Bootham Bar.
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Behind the portcullis was a thick oaken door studded with steel.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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A gateway and an obstruction, for all the world like a portcullis.
THE TARTAN RINGERS
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They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts, and aneath the auld portcullis; and the whole front of the house was lighted, and there were pipes and fiddles, and as much dancing and deray within as used to be at Sir Robert's house at
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
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A portcullis is a defensive latticed iron grating hung over the entrance to a fortified castle, the perfect metaphor for News International, which perpetually sees itself as beset by enemies.
The Guardian World News
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The gateway into the courtyard had been closed off by a portcullis, guarded by guards bristling with weapons.
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A portcullis is suspended above it and a pair of crenellated stone towers stand on either side.
Pinewood celebrates 75 years filming the best of British and Hollywood
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Slots along their sides show that there were originally portcullises, whilst the sockets for the doors are still clearly visible.
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The guard nodded to the old gatekeeper, who set to work hefting the chains that would raise the small portcullis that now blocked the way out into the city.
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The approach would have been hard to breach, with the long, narrow entrance passage defended, in addition to gates, portcullises, two drawbridges, and ‘murder holes’, by fire from triple battlements.
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Impressive, but all the buildings have a bit of castle in them - a turret here, a portcullis there.
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Wind that windlass as gingerly as though it were a watch with a weak heart; you will be raising a kind of portcullis at the other end of the boathouse, but if you're heard doing it at dead of night we may have to run or swim for it.
Mr. Justice Raffles
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The massively arched door, in the style of a portcullis, is defended on either side by rampant lions, petrified in mid-snarl.
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Monk Bar was built in the 14th century and is the tallest gateway, with a portcullis still in working order.
