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Portcullises

Scope note

Defensive gratings, of massive iron or timber, movable vertically in retaining grooves cut in the jambs of fortified gateways. DAC

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30002921

Broader Terms used

gates

Term used for

sarasins
sarrasines

Equivalent Terms used

portcullis

Created

13yrs ago

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