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Meanings of lift bridge in английском

португальский
ponte levadiça
каталонский
pont llevadís

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

        ponte levadiça
        Синонимы
        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 английском
        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
        португальский
        ponte levadiça
        каталонский
        pont llevadís