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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
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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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