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