A heavy grating hung above a fortified gate- way; it could be lowered, sliding in stone grooves, to block the entry.
Vertical sliding wooden grille shod with iron suspended in front of a gateway, let down to protect the gate. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226) Ironshod wooden grating, a movable gate for defence, rising or falling in vertical grooves in the jambs of a gateway. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 413) Note: porte coulis (French) = sliding door Related terms: Castle
A heavy wooden or metal gate that closed an entrance to a castle. Portcullises were generally controlled from an interior room on the gatehouse, raising and lowering it as required.
A timber or iron grating which can be quickly lowered in slots or vertical channels to close an entrance or portal of a fortified place.
A sluiced gate or grille protecting the entrance to a castle or town, normally depicted with four horizontal bars and five vertical bars terminating in points at the bottom and with chains attached to the top corners
iron grid that is lowered behind the wooden gates of a castle or fortified town
A heavy timber and iron grille suspended in special grooves in a gate house, in front of a gate, that could be dropped to block the gateway. The Hemyock gatehouse has a portcullis slot.
A gate of iron or iron-reinforced wooden bars made to slide up and down in vertical grooves in the jambs of a doorway; used for defence in castle gateways. ARCH. The portcullis in Clifford's Tower is built into the main body of the tower suggesting that a forebuilding was not part of the original design.
A metal or iron-bound wooden grating that slides down in slots in front of a gateway.
A heavy timber or metal grill that protected the castle entrance and could be raised or lowered from within the castle. It dropped vertically between grooves to block passage or barbican, or to trap attackers.
gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
a gate or sluice, made of wood or metal, which guards the entrance to a castle or keep
a large wooden gate that was lowered through slots in the gatehouse to defend the entrance to the castle
A heavy timber or metal grill lowered to protect the castle gate.
The heavy iron tipped wooden grill or gate that is raised and lowered vertically inside a castles gatehouse or entryway.
a gate that is opened by sliding up and down in vertical groves, used at the entrance to a castle
a door sliding up and down in coulisses or gutters consisting of a massive frame or grating. These are the grated or grilled gate that is often at the entrance to a castle after the drawbridge.
A defense for a gateway; Royal badge of the Tudors
A grating dropped vertically from grooves to block passage or gate in castle; of wood, metal or a combination of the two.
A heavy grating hung above a fortified gateway; it could be lowered, sliding in stone groves, to block the entry.
A trellis-work gate that is lowered and raised in grooves in a passage
a sliding timber or iron grate which was suspended over a gateway and which was raised or lowered in vertical channels to close the entrance.
A wooden grill, sometimes covered in metal (and very rarely made just of metal) which was raised and lowered in grooves on either side of an entrance passage. Much harder to force open than a normal gate. In use since the Roman Empire.
A portcullis is a grille or gate made of wood, metal or a combination of the two.