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Feb 9, 2010
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port•cul•lis



Pronunciation: (pôrt-kul'is, pōrt-), [key]
n.
(esp. in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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