bascule bridge

English

A bascule bridge in the town of Sète, France

Noun

bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)

A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leafs equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.

Synonyms

drawbridge

Translations

type of movable bridge

Catalan: pont basculant m
Danish: klapbro c
Dutch: basculebrug (nl) m, f
Finnish: läppäsilta (fi)
French: pont basculant m
German: Klappbrücke f
Hungarian: felnyíló híd (hu)

Icelandic: vængjabrú f
Polish: most zwodzony (pl) m
Portuguese: ponte basculante f
Russian: раскрыва́ющийся мост m (raskryvájuščijsja most), разводно́й мост m (razvodnój most), подъёмный мост m (podʺjómnyj most)
Spanish: puente basculante m
Sundanese: ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat)
Swedish: klaffbro c

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