(1):

(n.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy.

(2):

(n.) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; - so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

(3):

(v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.