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portcullis
c.1300, from O.Fr.
porte coleice
"sliding gate" (c.1200), from
porte
"gate" (see
port
(2)) +
coleice
"sliding, flowing," fem. of
coleis,
from L.
colatus,
pp. of
colare
"to filter, strain."
