drawbridge
pronunciation
How to pronounce drawbridge in British English:
UK [ˈdrɔ:brɪdʒ]
How to pronounce drawbridge in American English:
US [ˈdrɔˌbrɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
Word Origin
- drawbridge (n.)
- 14c., from draw (v.) + bridge (n.).
Example
- 1. As the drawbridge eventually rose , businesses would suffer .
- 2. Once the drawbridge is down , what happens next is up to you .
- 3. Why it 's innovative : instead of separating in the middle like a drawbridge , the pont gustave-flaubert 's deck is lifted straight up by a butterfly-shaped pulley system so tall ships can pass through .
- 4. Later , cobb lifts an entire paris neighborhood like a drawbridge , and he and ariadne , reaching the hinge where the streets turn upward , walk on the perpendicular right into the next arrondissement .