Bascule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An arrangement in bridges by which one portion balances another.
  • n. A form of bailing-scoop.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    structure    construction   
    Form
    bascule bridge   
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