0 a strong gate made of bars with points at the bottom that hangs above the entrance to a castle and in the past was brought down to the ground in order to close the entrance against enemies
Parker's attempted coup was able to ring down no permanent portcullis between the moderate reforming ideals which most of his victims professed and their realistic chances of further preferment.
We have a parking area which is surrounded by chains and portcullises.
The portcullis at the door marks its successful struggle for liberty.
As soon as a piece of paper turns up with the portcullis on it—surprise, surprise, things are fixed.
I take the point made about the portcullis.
It has carried the portcullis for a period without official authority.
However, when the portcullis of limitation drops, the sanction of the rule of law is grievous in its severity.
It would cross the portcullis of this place with a most sinister and destructive bar.
