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coleicius [OF coleiz < colaticius, (?) infl. byCL colliciae] 1 sliding, moving in a groove: a (w. porta) portcullis (cf. curicius); b (w. fenestra) ‘cullis’ window; c (w. pons) drawbridge. a 1203 pro barris et portis ~iis ejusdem castri [Mortain] faciendis RScacNorm II 548; 1212 in operatione castelli ‥ Dunelm’ et unius porte culeicie Pipe 47; 1261 portam coliceam [Windsor] Cal. Liberate V 23; 1284 pro iiij pikes grossis et viij bendis ad portam culiciam ad novam posternam subtus cameram regis [in Turri] KR Ac 467/9 m. 7; c1316 ultra portam colluseam juxta magnum celarium ad vina Ib. 468/20 f. 10 (cf. ib.: circa colluseas).  b 1238 facias in palicio ante hostium ‥ camere [regine apud Wudestoke] fenestras culicias fieri Liberate 12 m. 1; 1251 ante hostium camere nostre [in castro Noting’] super gradus ejusdem bonas fenestras culicias ‥ fieri ‥ facias Ib. 28 m. 17.  c 1239 quod turrellas et pontem collehisium ‥ in castro nostro de Corf’ reparari ‥ facias Liberate 13 m. 21 (cf. ib. m. 20: pontem colehicium). 2 (as sb. f.) groove of portcullis. 1303 ad reparand’ ‥ tres pontes turnicios ‥ castri [de Roscoman] et colicias duarum portarum ejusdem castri KR Ac 233/20 m. 8. 3 (as sb. n.; perh. a distinct word) ‘cullis’, compartment at end of building under lean-to roof. b (? adj. or gen.) (in the form) of a ‘cullis’. 1141 corpus hujus grangie erat longitudinis xlvij pedum preter duo culatia, unumquodque vj pedum Dom. S. Paul. 136; 11‥ in hoc orreo debet A. sacerdos reddere j tassum avene versus meridiem habentem in longitudine usque ad culacium xix pedes, et ipsum culacium habet viij pedes et dim., et hoc similiter plenum avena Ib. 123; 1222 debent facere bovariam ‥ sine culacio, et dominus faciet culacium Ib. 48; a1200 ex alia parte [horrei] culacium plenum avena Kal. Samson 120; 1244 duo culacia ex utraque parte camere regine de Brehull’ prosterni et ipsam cameram ad duos gabulos levari et in utroque gabulo unam fenestram vitream fieri ‥ faciat Liberate 21 m. 13; 1247 de frumento de culacio grangie versus aquilonem xl quar. (Ramsey) MinAc 740/7; 1325 in quodam remanenti j colagii in parte occidentali ‥ grangie (Ruislip) Ext. Alien Pri. 7/18/13 (cf. ib.: in quodam colagio de drag’ in quo estimantur j quar. ij busselli).  b 1293 in capite grangie versus portam, j meya culic’ plena frumenti (Implementum grangiarum Rames’) MS BL Add. Roll 34716.

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