portcullis

Etymology
From, from , from + feminine of , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
 * 2)  An English coin of the reign of, struck for the use of the , and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

Translations

 * Belarusian: ге́рса
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: faldgitter
 * Dutch:, valpoort
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שער מתרומם
 * Hungarian: hullórostély
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: grade levadiça, rastrilho
 * Russian: воро́та подъёмной решётки, воро́та крепостны́е, опускна́я решётка
 * Slovene: dvižna vrata
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fällgaller
 * Thai: ประตูชัก
 * Turkish: tarla sürgüsü
 * Ukrainian: герса

Verb

 * 1) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.