(n.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.
(n.) See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.
(n.) A funeral ceremonial.
(v. t.) Same as Hearse, v. t.
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Portcullis
Definition:
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
(2) Earlier Davies had raised laughter in the Grimond Room in Westminster's Portcullis House when he asked the judge, recently promoted to president of the Queen's Bench Division, whether he had any "regrets" about his report.
(3) "The gentleman, opening the circular, hinged portcullis on the front of his helmet, offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without further delay and carried her down the hill."
(4) 9.31am GMT We're underway, with Adrian Bailey asking the six bankers present to explain how the process of becoming an adviser to the float worked.... 9.28am GMT Watch the session here The BIS committee hearing should start shortly, in the Grimond Room at Portcullis House.
(5) Companies at the forefront of plans to build new reactors, such as EDF and Centrica, have said they will attend the meeting at Portcullis House, next to the Houses of Parliament.
(6) Oh, and there was a small demonstration outside Portcullis House during the session.
(7) Paramjit drops us off outside Portcullis House at 1.45pm, 22 minutes after we set off.
(8) Monckton argues his use of the portcullis emblem, which has appeared on his letterheads and lecture presentations, does not breach any rules: "My logo is not a registered badge of parliament, and is plainly distinct from parliament's badge in numerous material respects.
(9) Business cards It was during one of their MoD meetings in June that Fox told his friend to stop using business cards with the portcullis emblem saying he was one of Fox's advisers, he said.
(10) And they’re probably some of those who do very well as a result of joining the military.” In March this year, about 100 specialists gathered at Portcullis House, opposite the Houses of Parliament, to launch a review into the number of veterans caught up in the criminal justice system.
(11) Especially not one that means he has to leave his throne in Portcullis House to address a disloyal subject from the backbenches.
(12) Ask the MPs here" - he sweeps an arm across the foyer at Portcullis House - "and there are a large number who are appalled but are loyal to the leader and haven't spoken out about it."
(13) Much of ICIJ's analysis focused on the work of two major offshore incorporation firms, Portcullis TrustNet and Commonwealth Trust Limited (CTL).
(14) They might not have been playing the theme from "Rocky" in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House, the setting for today's meeting of the home affairs committee, but the star witness, Brodie Clark , was still expected to come out swinging.
(15) I ask, in her office on the ground floor of Portcullis House, the next day.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m jumping out of the plane and hoping the parachute opens’ ... David Blunkett in his office at Portcullis House.
(17) To answer, let’s go through the three stages of politics — the fanciful, the practical and the cynical — because it’s always funnier when the portcullis drops down on a bunch of bodies after they thought they were going to get into the castle.
(18) "Are we in an age – when police, journalists, politicians have all shown they've got substantial things to hide – when we want to send out the message that we are going to start lowering the portcullis of secrecy again?"
(19) The Lords do not use the portcullis at all on their notepaper: they use the Royal Arms within an elliptical cartouche."
(20) "The real work, the constructive work," as Norton puts it, happens in the atrium of Portcullis House, in the Pugin room, in hallways and quiet corners.