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Portcul"lis (), n.[OF. porte coulisse, colece, a sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis, Colander.] 1. (Fort.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton. 2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
Portcul"lis v. t.[imp. & p. p.Portcullised (); p. pr. & vb. n.Portcullising.] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. [R.] Shak.
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