curicius

curicius [? < OF coleiz, infl. bycurrere] , (w. porta or as sb. f.) portcullis. Cf. coleicius 1a, corantus, currere 3d. 1291 in vadiis carpentariorum‥operancium quandam portam archeatam cum una ~ia de altitudine xxij pedum‥ad recipiendum quoddam bretach’ eidem porte conjungendum KR Ac 486/7 (cf. ib.: ij portis archeatis et ij portis ~iis).