portcullis

That portcullis has to take a moment to get started.

At the end of the second hallway, he found a third portcullis.

The last guards let him through the portcullis and beyond.

She sighed and began to walk toward the portcullis area.

Behind them came the sound of the portcullis crashing back into place.

A party of men rode under the portcullis at a walk.

The front doors swing in, but they cannot open while the portcullis is down.

The hunting party drew up just too late, as they had at the portcullis.

It took nearly a quarter hour to free him, once the portcullis reached ground level.

A short time later, they heard the portcullis being drawn upward.

They passed under the huge portcullis and onto the Keep grounds.

One of the dogs was blasted away from the portcullis.

We should have time to get inside and drop the portcullis, under the cover of their shooting.

It was probably merely investigating the fall of the portcullis.

The portcullis is believed to have been raised into the hall in front of this window.

On a red shield a golden city wall with an open portcullis can be seen.

The portcullis of his gate was rising as he spoke.

And there, that's the portcullis chains, someone's going out or coming in.

Before their very eyes, the portcullis of resentment slammed down again between them and George's son.

After a minute or two they heard the creaking of the portcullis.

And I would lead it in again through the open portcullis.'

He came to a second portcullis, already raised, much to his chagrin.

Walter proceeded to the next challenge, which was the portcullis.

The courtyard, the portcullis, and the entire castle were gone.

In a surprisingly short time a crew appeared on the other side of the portcullis.