After a long and perilous struggle, they at length reached the appointed gate, The external portcullis was raised and the fifteen foremost of the band rushed into tho town.
Little thought I then that in a few brief months I should pass beneath that black portcullis a prisoner.
At length we halted, and I could see that the foremost charrette was entering a low archway, over which a massive portcullis hung.
Yet that which he had expected would prove the bridge from his heart to hers, namely, sorrow, became, on the contrary, the portcullis barrier between them.
The portcullis was raised--the drawbridge spanned the moat--no guard was there to bar his way.
The man was standing close beside Barney's horse, and the words were scarce out of his month when the American slipped from his saddle to the portcullis and struck the officer full in the face.
Slowly the portcullis sank into position across the moat and an officer advanced to meet the rider.
The unsettled political conditions which overhung the little kingdom of Lutha were evident in the return to medievalism which the raised portcullis and the armed guard upon the barbican of the ancient feudal fortress revealed.
At the inner entrance to the archway was suspended a portcullis of wrought-iron bars.
And as I drew nearer, I perceived that the castle was in ill repair, the stonework weatherworn and crumbling, and the iron of the portcullis exceeding rusty, so that I misdoubted whether it were possible to be raised.
This bar I perceived to be deeply rusted, like the iron of the portcullis above the water-gate, and methought I could with a vehement wrench or two force it from its sockets, and so leave a clear space and a way of escape.
Michael are painted in fresco over the southportcullis of the Castle.
At the same instant the huge portcullis came rattling down from above, and shut off the last fading light of day.
A very small portion of this wall still exists, and may be traced near the Bourne's mouth, where there was a portcullis or gate; a considerable part of it is stated to have remained about forty years since.
These roses are frequently repeated in the carvings of both stone and wood, as is also the portcullisbadge of the Tudors.
The portcullis of the Beauforts, the family of Henry VII.
A huge portcullis still frowns down upon us, and two others opposed the way, while above are openings in the vault through which melted lead, heated sand, pitch, and other disagreeable things could be poured on the heads of the foe.
Badges: on the dexter a rose gules, seeded or, barbed vert; on the sinister a portcullis or.
The heralds have their collars of SS of silver, whilst those of a King of Arms are of silver gilt, and the latter have the further distinction that a portcullisis introduced on each shoulder.
Arms of Arbroath: Gules, a portcullis with chains pendent or.
The drawbridge was thrown across, the portcullis pulled up, and Sir Thomas Mortimer rode into the courtyard, followed by Reginald de Pageham and various other members of the Earl's household.
The drawbridge was in place at Trim Castle; the portcullis was lifted, and the gates stood open.
In the rear of the portcullis itself stood the ancient and iron–strengthened doors.
In the lower chamber of the south–east turret still exists the windlass which in ancient times worked the portcullis of the outer gate.
But although both drawbridge and portcullis are gone, the grooves in which the latter was lowered still remain, as do the ancient oaken doors scarred by the weather of centuries, and perhaps by evidences of attack.
It is one of the two round towers, between which the portcullis rose and fell.
Method of closing a gallery by a stone portcullis 151.
In this pyramid, portcullis stones similar to those which have already been figured were found.
At this moment, the portcullis of the By-ward Tower was again raised, and the royalists issued from it.
While they were thus employed, the portcullis was suddenly raised, and the Watergate opened ; and the men supposing their own party had gained possession of the fortification above them, dashed forward.
At Magog's command, the portcullis was partially raised, and Xit and Bret thrust under it, while the two other giants repelled the assailants.
First, I will go and see what has become of Bret ; and then, if I can do so without much risk, I will venture outside the portcullis of the By-ward Tower.
The gate and portcullis at the southern extremity still exist, but those at the north have been removed.
This accident, however, enabled the retreating party to pass beneath the archway of the By-ward Tower, the portcullis of which was instantly lowered.
Before they reached the steps, a number of armed figures, some of whom bore torches, appeared, while a thundering splash behind told that the portcullis had been let down, so as to cutoff their retreat.
Suddenly there came a banging on the portcullis so loud that it seemed to be made with big wooden mallets.
The portculliswas straightway raised, and in trooped a queer, motley crowd.
Just outside the portcullis the Policeman had overtaken His Majesty, and they entered the palace-garden together.
The portcullis was raised, and in triumph they entered.
All started from the palace, the portcullis being raised to let them pass, and from his hiding-place in the urn the Human Octopus with his big, gloating, goggle eyes noted every movement that they made.
There was a very gorgeous throne-room, wisely arranged in the event that they might some day have a queen, with a portcullis at the entrance that could be raised or lowered at will.
Between the drawbridge and the portcullis were two small guard-houses, which, very carelessly, had been left empty.
The true hero of the day, however--at least the chief agent in the victory was the poor, crushed, nameless victim who had cut the ropes of the portcullis at the Antwerp gate.
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