A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 131
; specifically, an entrancewhich is emphasized by a stately architectural186 PORTCULLIS treatment, such as may make it the principalmotif m an entire facjade. PORTCULLIS. A strong door sliding verti-cally, usually a grating heavily framed of woodwitii pointed iron bars at the bottom. It isarranged… … PlIRTE C M \ 1,1, oi PORTE COCHERE. In French, a doorwaylarge enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles.Such entrances are a common feature of jirivatehouses of France, and generally open into drive-ways which lead through the l)uiiding, from thestreet to the interior court. From this jiassagetiie…
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