Heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications
Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, County Limerick, IrelandThe inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate')[1] is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood and/or metal, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting...
Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213...
Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. The office is named after the Portcullis chained...
quasi-official emblem of the Houses of Parliament is a crowned portcullis. The portcullis was originally the badge of various English noble families from...
Operation Portcullis (1–5 December 1942) was the voyage of the Allied Convoy MW 14 with supplies to Malta from Port Said in Egypt during the Second World...
Constable's Tower, a round tower built between 1375 and 1379 where the Portcullis Gate now stands. In the early 15th century, another English invasion,...
proposed by pentesters at SecuritySpace, discussed with pentesters at Portcullis Computer Security and then announced by Tim Brown on Slashdot. Greenbone...
with the word "loyal". His emblem was the Tudor rose and the Beaufort portcullis. As king, Henry's arms were the same as those used by his predecessors...
looters. A granite block rests in it that likely originated from the portcullis that once sealed the King's Chamber. The Horizontal Passage links the...
forming an additional barrier to entry. It would be backed by one or more portcullises and gates. Access to the bridge could be resisted with missiles from...
the last and thereon a bamboo portcullis (gate) of three perpendicular bars Proper spiked Gules. The bamboo portcullis alludes to Asia and the red spikes...
Castle Gate or Castlegate may refer to: The gate of a castle (such as a portcullis) Castlegate, Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland Castlegate Quarter in Sheffield...
velvet cuffs and facings embroidered with the Tudor royal badge of the portcullis. Helmets with white swan feather plumes are worn when on duty, even in...
of a portcullis Sable an eagle rising grasping with the dexter claw a spear Or barbed Argent. Escutcheon Or on a bend between in chief a portcullis and...
flowing, or sliding (the latter meaning is still preserved in English "portcullis"). The term was used to denote strained broth, originally likely made...
Dukedom of Westminster Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Portcullis with chains pendant Or on a Chief of the last between two united Roses of York and Lancaster...
committees). The symbol used by the Commons consists of a portcullis topped by St Edward's Crown. The portcullis has been one of the Royal badges of England since...
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