Look up: drawbridge

1. Drawbridge
   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.
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2. drawbridge
   [n] - a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
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3. Drawbridge
   wooden bridge that could be raised and lowered, sited in front of a tower or gatehouse, across a ditch
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4. Drawbridge
   This is a moveable bridge that could be drawn up vertically to prevent an attacking force crossing a ditch. These could be pivotted or just brought or brought up at one end by using systems of weights. They could be employed with the barbican of a castle or just outside of a castle.
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5. Drawbridge
   Draw'bridge` noun 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. » Th...
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6. drawbridge
   lift bridge noun a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
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7. Drawbridge
   • (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.
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8. drawbridge
   major type of movable bridge (q.v.) originating in medieval Europe.
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9. Drawbridge
   A drawbridge is a bridge with a lifting floor, such as were formerly used for crossing the ditches of fortresses, or any movable bridge over a navigable channel where the height of the roadway is insufficient to allow vessels to pass underneath. Modern drawbridges across rivers, canals, the entrance...
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10. drawbridge
    a bridge or roadway across a moat or ditch that lifted to make crossing impossible
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11. drawbridge
    drawbridge: see bridge.
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12. Drawbridge
    A `drawbridge` is a type of movable bridge typically 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. Castle drawbridges: The bridge would be raised or lowered using ropes ...
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