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flying bridge
[ flahy-ing brij ]
noun
- Also called flybridge, Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- Architecture. skybridge ( def 2 ).
flying bridge
noun
- an auxiliary bridge of a vessel, usually built above or far outboard of the main bridge
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of flying bridge1
Example Sentences
The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.
A short way beyond the way-meeting, after another steep incline, a flying bridge of stone leapt over the chasm and bore the road across into the tumbled slopes and glens of the Morgai.
Our second night out, two hours before dawn, I was steering from the flying bridge when the head of a mule deer materialized in the spotlight's glare.
But with its deck just 23 feet above the mean high water line of the river, the bridge is too low for even a fishing boat with a flying bridge to pass under, he said.
Just as I started down the ladder from the flying bridge to the deck, I thought I saw a blow.
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