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What is the definition of porticullises?
it means vertical sliding gate that protects a castle.
What is the heavy iron gate called at the entrance of a castle?
If it drops it is called a portcullis.
Is the castle and gate house that same thing?
The Gate House controls the entrance through the wall and into the castle. The castle is the name for the entire fortified building. The gate house, keep, chapel, wall (etc) are different parts of the castle.
Where is a gatehouse in a castle?
The gatehouse is the structure that defends the main gate, so the gatehouse is always at the entrance.
Which district is called the entrance gate of rajasthan?
Bharatpur.
Whats is an outer wall of a castle?
an Gate house is an entrance to the castle. An Drawbridge is an is a type of movable bridge to the castle a moat is a deep and bwide trenches usally filled with water
What is a wicket in a castle?
A castle would often have a large, heavily fortified gate. A smaller gate, sometimes with a grille, let into this large gate, was called a wicket.
What is the movable plank that controls the entrance to a castle door?
A portcullis is gate that drops in front of a Castle door. A drawbridge is a moveable structure that allows access across a moat to the Castle door.
What is a castle gatehouse?
Well, a gatehouse is a part of a castle that is heavily defended. The gate house includes a drawbridge and maybe murder holes. If attackers get in, defenders could shower them with rocks, red hot sand, or boiling water and oil through the muder holes in the ceiling. A heavy metal portcullis protected the gate house enterence
What is another name for entrance gates?
Other names for an entrance gate are: access gate entry gate
What do you call the spiked gate on a medieval castle?
it is called a portcullis
What is the name of the archway into a ranch?
Entrance gate
