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drawbridge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lift bridge |
| Type of | bridge, span |
Examples of drawbridge
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Seventy cast and crew members head to Poland to start shooting at the drawbridge.
From the ocregister.com
The fort was surrounded by a moat and access to the fort was over a drawbridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The castle is accessed via a high bridge, which replaced an earlier drawbridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Contractors closed that drawbridge to traffic for nearly two months this fall.
From the heraldtribune.com
The gate to the left of the main entrance was closed by means of a drawbridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One of his homes, Hever Castle, had a drawbridge that was raised every night.
From the guardian.co.uk
Start fishing around the drawbridge fenders with shrimp or fingerling mullet.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We can always go there, pull up the drawbridge, let our hair down and have a blast.
From the smh.com.au
This is a drawbridge on State Route 156 which replaced ferry service in 1966.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
- A drawbridge is a type of movable bridge often associated with the entrance of a castle surrounded by a moat. The term is often used to describe all different types of movable bridges, like bascule bridges and lift bridges.
- The Drawbridge is a quarterly newspaper started in London, England in 2006. It is a full-colour independent paper which has published articles by Isabel Allende, J.G. Ballard, John Berger, Terry Eagleton, Umberto Eco, John N. ...
- (Drawbridging) A solder open condition during reflow in which chip resistors and capacitor resemble a draw bridge.
- (drawbridging) A variant of tombstoning in which the component is at a small angle to the substrate rather than almost at right-angles.
- A bridge across a deep ditch which may be raised to isolate the body of the place from the covered way or other approach.
- A bridge over a moat or ditch that can be drawn back or raised from the inner side.
- The moveable section of a wooden bridge or causeway, often over a moat, operated by counterweights to keep an enemy force from the easy approach to the gatehouse.
- A heavy timber platform built to span a moat between a gatehouse and surrounding land that could be raised when required to block an entrance.
