( n. )
An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
( n. )
An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012