Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pontlevis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pontle-vis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

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

Obsolete

Etymology

From French pont-levis.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pont-levis

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does pontlevis mean?: A drawbridge.
Where does pontlevis come from?: It is traced to French.

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