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Meanings of lift bridge in English

Portuguese
ponte levadiça
Catalan
pont llevadís

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

ponte levadiça
Synonyms
Examples for "drawbridge"
Examples for "drawbridge"
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...
Usage of lift bridge in English
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
Translations for lift bridge
Portuguese
ponte levadiça