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a medieval iron guillotine that drops to turn a doorway into a death sentence
latin rootsname means sliding door, from porta colatia
two for onecastles often had two, to trap invaders between
murder holesceilings above let defenders pour fire down
still standingWestminster's portcullis is Parliament's official emblem
oak and ironwood-and-metal grilles resisted both axes and battering