drawbridge

See also: draw-bridge and draw bridge

English

a drawbrige

Etymology

draw +‎ bridge.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪdʒ/

Noun

drawbridge (plural drawbridges)

A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).

Synonyms

(bridge that allows watercraft to travel): bascule bridge

Hypernyms

movable bridge

Translations

bridge which can be raised

Chinese:
Mandarin: 弔橋 (zh), 吊橋 (zh), 吊桥 (zh) (diàoqiáo)
Czech: padací most m
Danish: vindebro
Dutch: ophaalbrug (nl) f, valbrug (nl)
Esperanto: levoponto
Estonian: tõmbesild, tõstesild
Finnish: laskusilta (fi) (across a moat), läppäsilta (fi), nostosilta (fi) (across a waterway)
French: pont-levis (fr) m
German: Zugbrücke (de) f
Hungarian: felvonóhíd
Icelandic: vindubrú f
Irish: droichead tógála m
Italian: ponte levatoio (it) m

Japanese: 跳ね橋 (はねばし, hanebashi)
Korean: 가동교 (gadonggyo) (可動橋)
Latvian: paceļamais tilts m
Lithuanian: pakeliamasis tiltas m
Luxembourgish: Falbréck f
Polish: most zwodzony (pl) m
Portuguese: ponte levadiça f
Russian: разводно́й мост m (razvodnój most)
Spanish: puente levadizo m
Sundanese: ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat)
Swedish: vindbrygga (sv)
Vietnamese: cầu sắt
Volapük: lötirapon, (older term) tulapon (vo)

Gallery

A fort entryway's drawbridge.
A drawbridge open to allow a ship beneath.

Anagrams

bridge-ward

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