Sarrasine n. : A portcullis, or herse.

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Taxonomy
Sarrasine, New York, free encyclopedia, moitié, notion, Scènes, danse, castrato, Vintage Books, Imagery, Roland Barthes, prince, Études, search, novella, Popular Culture, blow-by, hermeneutic.

Defination from the web:
... When the Parisian artist Sarrasine falls in love with La Zambinella- thinking that the castrato, who plays female ...