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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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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...
- 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...
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Drawbridge is a people-based
identity management company operating out of San Mateo, California, USA. It has been a
subsidiary of
LinkedIn since 2019....
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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...
- The
Prescott Drawbridge, also
called the
Point Douglas Drawbridge, is a
steel girder bridge with a double-leaf
bascule drawbridge section. The roadbed...
- John Boys
Drawbridge MBE (27
December 1930 – 24 July 2005) was a New
Zealand artist,
muralist and printmaker. He was
famous for his
murals in
public places:...
- 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...
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Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge (Malay:
Jambatan Angkat Kuala Terengganu, Jawi: جمبتن اڠكت كوالا ترڠڬانو) is a
bascule bridge located in
Kuala Terengganu,...
