About The Word Drawbridge
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Drawbridge
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What's The Definition Of Drawbridge?
[n] a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
Synonyms | Synonyms for Drawbridge: lift bridge Related Terms | Find terms related to Drawbridge: abatis | advanced work | balistraria | bank | banquette | barbed-wire entanglement | barbican | barricade | barrier | bartizan | bascule bridge | bastion | bateau bridge | battlement | Bifrost | breastwork | bridge | bulwark | cantilever bridge | casemate | catwalk | cheval-de-frise | circumvallation | contravallation | counterscarp | curtain | demibastion | dike | earthwork | enclosure | entanglement | escarp | escarpment | fence | fieldwork | floating bridge | flyover | footbridge | fortalice | fortification | gangboard | gangplank | gangway | glacis | lift bridge | loophole | lunette | machicolation | mantelet | merlon | mound | outwork | overbridge | overcrossing | overpass | palisade | parados | parapet | pontoon bridge | portcullis | postern gate | rampart | ravelin | redan | redoubt | rope bridge | sally port | scarp | sconce | span | stepping-stone | stepstone | stockade | suspension bridge | swing bridge | tenaille | toll bridge | vallation | vallum | viaduct | work Drawbridge In Webster's Dictionary \Draw"bridge`\, n.
A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be
raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or
hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a
town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.
Note: The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically,
a bascule, balance, or lifting bridge, a turning,
swivel, or swing bridge, or a rolling bridge, according
as it turns on a hinge vertically, or on a pivot
horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.
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