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flying bridge

[ flahy-ing brij ]

noun

  1. Also called flybridge, Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
  2. Architecture. skybridge ( def 2 ).


flying bridge

noun

  1. an auxiliary bridge of a vessel, usually built above or far outboard of the main bridge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flying bridge1

First recorded in 1480–90
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The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Just as I started down the ladder from the flying bridge to the deck, I thought I saw a blow.

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