English Explanatory Dictionary

pontlevis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A drawbridge.
  2. The act of a horse that rears up on its hind legs, risking tumbling backward and falling upon the rider.

Word forms

pontlevis

Etymology

From French pont-levis.

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