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Arch vs Portcullis - What's the difference?

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Arch is a related term of portcullis.


As nouns the difference between arch and portcullis

is that arch is (senseid)an inverted u shape or arch can be (obsolete) a chief while portcullis is a gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.

As verbs the difference between arch and portcullis

is that arch is to form into an arch shape while portcullis is to obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.

As an adjective arch

is (senseid) knowing, clever, mischievous.

arch

English

(wikipedia arch) (commons)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(es)
  • (senseid)An inverted U shape.
  • An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  • (senseid)(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  • Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
    • to pass into the arch of a bridge
  • (archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
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    Verb

  • To form into an arch shape
    • The cat arched its back
  • To cover with an arch or arches.

    • Related terms

    * arc

    Etymology 2

    From the prefix . "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (senseid) Knowing, clever, mischievous.
    • I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
  • * Tatler
    • [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
  • * 1906 , O. Henry,
    • A certain melancholy that touched her countenance must have been of recent birth, for it had not yet altered the fine and youthful contours of her cheek, nor subdued the arch though resolute curve of her lips.
  • *
    • Lassiter ended there with dry humor, yet behind that was meaning. Jane blushed and made arch eyes at him.
  • Principal; primary.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the most arch act of piteous massacre
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A chief.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.

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    portcullis

    English

    (wikipedia portcullis)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
  • (historical) An English coin of the reign of (Elizabeth I), struck for the use of the (East India Company), and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.

    • Verb

  • To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)