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Definition of Turning bridge

Turning bridge
Turning Turn"ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander. Through paths and turnings often trod by day. --Milton. 2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge. 3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar. 4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools. 5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned. 6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work. Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. Turning engine, an engine lathe. Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work. Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n. Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.

Meaning of Turning bridge from wikipedia

- which dates from the early sixteenth century. A bridge pivoted on central trunnions is called a turning bridge, and may or may not have the raising chains...
- locks that were replaced in the mid-1960s; to one's left, one can see a turning bridge for trains (it turns when a barge comes through). US-60 leads east 19...
- architectural competition for the Öresund Bridge. It was on this occasion that Örbäck was inspired to build HSB Turning Torso. Shortly afterwards he travelled...
- again on 11 May 1793, midway between the Statue of Liberty and the turning bridge at the entrance to the Tuileries Garden, and remained there for thirteen...
- the history of Buddhism. One of the earliest such systems was the "Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma" (Sanskrit: tridharmacakra-pravartana, Tibetan:...
- The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific...
- reputed to have gained its name from a turning bridge across the canal. In 1865 this was replaced by Turnbridge Lift Bridge. Turnbridge Section of Huddersfield...
- needed] "Auction bridge". Retrieved 31 July 2022. David Owen (17 September 2007). "Turning Tricks – The rise and fall of contract bridge". The New Yorker...
- Bridge is a combined railway and motorway cable-sta**** bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in...
- (archetypes). Each generational persona unleashes a new era (called a turning) lasting around 21 years, in which a new social, political, and economic...