Port`cray"on (?), n. [F. porte- crayon; porter to carry + crayon a
crayon.] A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Port*cul"lis (?), n. [OF. porte coulisse, coleÔce, 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.
Port*cul"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.
Porte (?), n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a gate.] The Ottoman
court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the
Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which
justice was administered.
||Porte"-co`chËre" (?), n. [F. See Port a gate, and Coach.] (Arch.) A
||large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building.
||It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the
||porte-cochËre. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.