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- a bridge which can be raised to prevent it being crossed, often across a moat.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Draw"bridge` (?), 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.
&fist; The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically, a
bascule, balance, or lifting bridge, a
turning, swivel, or swing bridge, or a
rolling bridge, according as it turns on a hinge vertically,
or on a pivot horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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