Converse of object

• have: There is a substantial Gatehouse, the significant residential part of Pembroke Castle, and a Barbican which once had three portcullises.

• raise: They lifted the steel grating, pulling back its securing chain like raising a tiny portcullis.

• crown: This appears to have been King Henry's favorite badge and his chapel in Westminster Abbey is decorated with crowned portcullises and roses.

• operate: Above the chapel were the Constable's Quarters which features the mechanism for operating the portcullis.

• show: The shield shows a castle with three towers and an entrance with a portcullis shown lowered.

Preposition: at

• end: Guard chambers flank the main entrance passage, which had murder holes in the vaults an portcullis at each end.

Converse of subject

• protect: In addition to the drawbridge there was a long, vaulted gate passage, 50ft long that was protected by two portcullises.

Adjective modifier

• heavy: This postern was remarkably strong, having gates of oak, iron doors, and a heavy portcullis.

Modifies a noun

• groove: A gateway passage 1.8m wide with portcullis grooves lies near the East End.

• gate: We now reach Cook Street Gate, originally a portcullis gate.

• house: Portcullis House was subject to an interior inspection in September 2001 that revealed 7,500 defects.

• badge: It superseded the simpler chain with a portcullis badge which is now worn by the Mayoress.

• slot: About the Museum: Fortified medieval gateway with portcullis slot and early gunports.

Noun used with modifier

• iron: Portcullis A heavy iron portcullis smashes down behind your character.

Preposition: with

• chain: The full designation of the reverse is ' A portcullis with chains royally crowned ' .