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pontlevis

pontlevis noun: a drawbridge.

Noun

pontlevis

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

pontlevis meaning in Tamil

pontlevis in Tamil

தூக்குப்பாலம்

Origin of pontlevis

From French pont-levis.

Questions about pontlevis

What does pontlevis mean?
Pontlevis means a drawbridge.
What is pontlevis in Tamil?
Pontlevis in Tamil is தூக்குப்பாலம். See Pontlevis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pontlevis?
Pontlevis is a noun.

Words near pontlevis in the dictionary

  1. Pontinian
  2. pontinocerebellar
  3. Pontious
  4. pontist
  5. pontists
  6. pontlevis
  7. Pontllanfraith
  8. Pontlliw
  9. Pontlliw and Tircoed
  10. Pontlottyn
  11. Pontnewydd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pontlevis (page history and authors); pontlevis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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