snake bridge

English

Noun

snake bridge (plural snake bridges)

  1. (UK, historical) A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate uninterrupted horse-drawn towing.
    Synonyms: changeline bridge, roving bridge, turnover bridge
    • 2003, Hadfield, Charles, British Canals: The Inland Waterways of Britain, page 112:
      The snake bridge allowed the horse to cross the canal without unhitching the towline.

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