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Drawbridge
Drawbridge 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.
Meaning of Drawbridges from wikipedia
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advanced drawbridges.
Drawbridges were also used on
forts with
Palmerston Forts using them in the form of
Guthrie rolling bridges.
Drawbridges have appeared...
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Drawbridge mentality, also
known as
fortress mentality is a
conservative and anti-immigrant
attitude of
prior immigrants in an
established community. Drawbridge...
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going north and five
going south. The
drawbridges were
removed long ago. The only path
leading into
Drawbridge is the
Union Pacific Railroad track. In...
- Look up
drawbridge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
drawbridge is a type of
moveable bridge. In
American English,
drawbridge can also
refer to moveable...
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sometimes causeways, and does not
involve intermittent connections such as
drawbridges or ferries. Bridge–tunnels are a form of
fixed link or
fixed crossing...
- The
Newark Drawbridge, also
known as the
Morristown Line Bridge, is a
railroad bridge on the P****aic
River between Newark and Harrison, New Jersey. The...
- 42°53′46″N 70°48′59″W / 42.89611°N 70.81639°W / 42.89611; -70.81639 The
Hampton Bridge is a
bascule bridge that
spans the
Hampton River near Hampton...
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regulations governing the
operation of
moveable bridges (referred to as
drawbridges) – for example,
hours of
operation and how much
advance notice must be...
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under the TD
Garden arena, with the
platforms extending north towards drawbridges over the
Charles River. The
eponymous subway station,
served by the Green...
- The
Drawbridge is a
quarterly newspaper started in
London in 2006. It is a full-colour
independent paper that has
published articles by
Isabel Allende...
