weighbridge

English

Etymology

From weigh +‎ bridge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Homophone: Weybridge

Noun

weighbridge (plural weighbridges)

  1. (UK) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
    Hypernym: platform scale
    Near-synonym: weigh station
    • 1957 December, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
      A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.

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