bascule bridge

English

Noun

bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)

  2. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.
    Hypernyms: lifting bridge < movable bridge < bridge < infrastructure
    Coordinate terms: vertical-lift bridge, swing bridge; (immovable) truss bridge, cable-stayed bridge, suspension bridge
    Near-synonym: drawbridge

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