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Meanings of drawbridge in anglès

rus
подъёмный мост
portuguès
ponte levadiça
espanyol
puente levadizo
català
pont llevadís
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Type of movable bridge.

        pont llevadís
        portuguès
        ponte levadiça
        català
        pont llevadís

        A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it.

              pont llevadís
              Synonyms
              Examples for "lift bridge"
              Examples for "lift bridge"
              1
              It is the longest lift bridge in the world, 312 ft. long.
              The new yorker
              2
              The early gray February twilight was closing in upon them when they left the lifted bridge.
              White Ashes
              3
              The only entry was now by a lifting bridge; and pointed stakes were driven in beside the upright palisade.
              The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques ...
              4
              Those driving east towards Westport might recall it as the village with a lock and lifting bridge for cruisers.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of drawbridge in anglès
              1
              The slower the rail-train comes the better, if the drawbridge is off.
              New Tabernacle Sermons
              2
              Beneath his feet the massive timbers of the drawbridge bent and creaked.
              The Coming of Cuculain
              3
              They mounted with a great metallic clanging and thundered across the drawbridge.
              Divide and Rule
              4
              The United Kingdom may soon pull up its drawbridge against its neighbours.
              The Guardian
              5
              When the party arrived they found the drawbridge down, the gates open.
              The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
              6
              When we arrive the drawbridge will be down and the portcullis up.
              The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
              7
              A great shout arose as the boy king rode across the drawbridge.
              A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
              8
              It was not the sort of house that goes with a drawbridge.
              They and I
              9
              Peg was lowering the drawbridge, working the crank to raise the portcullis.
              Knight of the Demon Queen
              10
              I had as lief have the castle drawbridge drop upon my pate.
              The White Company
              11
              Then, if I bid you, run for the drawbridge into the slave-camp.
              The People of the Mist
              12
              The drawbridge across the moat was pulled up to shield the doors.
              Oracle's Queen
              13
              The Superior Powers hev built a drawbridge, on which anything can pass.
              The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
              14
              He menaced opposition, and refused to let the drawbridge be peaceably lowered.
              Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale of t...
              15
              The highway funnels eastward onto a drawbridge that arcs over the bay.
              Robin and ruby
              16
              She did not pause until she reached the drawbridge into Campbell's castle.
              Heaven and the heather
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