PORTCULLIS
\pˈɔːtkəlˌiz], \pˈɔːtkəlˌiz], \p_ˈɔː_t_k_ə_l_ˌi_z]\
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A strong grating hung over the gateway of a fortified place and capable of being let down to defend the gate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sliding door of cross timbers pointed with iron, hung over a gateway, so as to be let down in a moment to keep out an enemy.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).