About The Word Drawbridge

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Drawbridge

Drawbridge Meaning & Definition
Drawbridge Definition And Meaning

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

See Also | bridge | span

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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