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drawbridge
[ draw-brij ]
noun
- a bridge of which the whole or a section may be drawn up, let down, or drawn aside, to prevent access or to leave a passage open for boats, barges, etc.
drawbridge
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noun
- a bridge that may be raised to prevent access or to enable vessels to pass
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Origin of drawbridge1
Example Sentences
Both clubs criticised each other over security arrangements and safety of the small number of travelling fans and inevitably drawbridges were pulled up completely.
It was originally designed to be a sort of drawbridge, which require ropes or chains to pull up the road.
Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake accused the government of "pulling up the drawbridge on home ownership and limiting aspiration and social mobility".
Jack wondered if the dragon’s lower jaw might actually be a drawbridge; it certainly was in the right place.
Like many of the other castles on the list, it has secret passages, a drawbridge and moat, a chapel and a torture chamber — but this Napa Valley castle offers wine tastings as well as tours.
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