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Meanings of movable bridge in English

Russian
разводной мост
Spanish
puente móvil
Catalan
pont mòbil
Wikidata

Bridge that moves to allow passage, usually of watercraft.

      разводной мост
      Usage of movable bridge in English
      1
      A movable bridge towed a bright orange boom to contain the oil.
      Reuters
      2
      The movable bridge in its closed position must be proportioned like a fixed bridge, but it has also other conditions to fulfil.
      Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis George...
      3
      But circulation was made easy by the high pavements and small movable bridges.
      My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
      4
      The three strings pass over eleven frets or wide movable bridges, and the shape of the body is rather like that of a guitar.
      Chatterbox, 1906
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