The guard opened the portcullis so that the brigade could ride to the castle. From LearnThat.org.
Behind the portcullis was a thick oaken door studded with steel. From Wordnik.com. [The Cloister and the Hearth] Reference
The gateway had what is called a portcullis; that is, a heavy iron gate suspended by chains, so as to rise and fall. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo in Scotland] Reference
And when we approached Fort Henry I fully expected to see some grand, imposing structure with "battled towers," "donjon keep," "portcullis,". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
Let the portcullis fall! "wondering what a" portcullis "was, and if I should ever see one or even a château-fort. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
Traces of the portcullis and drawbridge are visible. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
They approached the front portcullis as the storm broke. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
"Perhaps the portcullis was destroyed at the Revolution.". From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
There it was: a vast arch guarded by a spiked portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
And the portcullis remained down, blocking off the front entry. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
It was probably merely investigating the fall of the portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
In the centre of the north wall is the portcullis entrance gatehouse. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Very few people, I fancy, could tell you where there is a portcullis in. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Thus wilt thou be able to pass unseen between the bars of the portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Turning, they wished to flee into the castle and pull down the portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
His mustache bristled in spikes of black hair, like a portcullis over his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The instant he was inside, the portcullis fell, in order to shut out Sir Ivaine. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
The Black Knight rode under the portcullis, or sharp iron gate, which was raised. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
The following day, the portcullis was lowered and Mehlen came out upon the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
Idleness usually lets down the portcullis and the devil comes across and takes charge. From Wordnik.com. ["Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues] Reference
Passing into shadow beneath the iron teeth of the portcullis, Sabm suppressed a shiver. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
With the coat of mail and huge two-handed sword passed away the portcullis and the moat. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Prose Fiction] Reference
Chamber, which before you enter, you pass under a portcullis in the form of an olive leaf. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
The other three followed, and together the four marched out beneath the raised portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [With a Single Spell]
When Henry VII. resumed the Lancastrian Collar of Esses, he added to it the portcullis of Beaufort. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850] Reference
The passage is vaulted, and has massive doors of oak studded with iron; formerly there was also a portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
Soon the people of the castle would come and capture him, for he could not escape, since the portcullis was down. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
Owen close behind him; but when the blue knight gained the street beyond, the portcullis was let fall with a rush. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
So they came, fast galloping, to the gate of a mighty castle, and instantly the portcullis was raised and the Black. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion] Reference
No sooner did they near the capital than the portcullis was raised and a volley fired upon them from within the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
As our guide conducted us through the archway into the castle, he showed us the old chains that worked the portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Then, glancing at the castle, she saw the portcullis yawn, and some ten knights rush forth, with pagans besides on foot. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Then drawing up the portcullis they admitted as many as it seemed to them they could conveniently dispose of and killed them all. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
Every schoolboy can recall a similar accident which befell the horse of MUNCHAUSEN as he dashed beneath the descending portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870] Reference
Canterbury Cathedral, the collar which appears round the neck of the queen (there is none upon that of the king) has no portcullis. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850] Reference
They could not exit through the front gate, because the portcullis was firm and they did not understand the mechanism for lifting it. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Down came the drawbridge, and the portcullis rose and fell, leaving them on the other side of the moat, surrounded by the men of Stramen. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Not only did he proffer the sacrifice of his castle, but he pointed out to his brother a gate which had formerly been a portcullis, leading into it. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
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