bascule bridge

bascule bridge

English

A bascule bridge in the town of Sète, France

Noun

bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)

1. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leafs equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.

Synonyms

• drawbridge

Translations

type of movable bridge

Catalan: pont basculant m Danish: klapbro c Dutch: basculebrug (nl) m, f Finnish: läppäsilta (fi) French: pont basculant m German: Klappbrücke f Hungarian: felnyíló híd (hu)

Icelandic: vængjabrú f Polish: most zwodzony (pl) m Portuguese: ponte basculante f Russian: раскрыва́ющийся мост m (raskryvájuščijsja most), разводно́й мост m (razvodnój most), подъёмный мост m (podʺjómnyj most) Spanish: puente basculante m Sundanese: ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat) Swedish: klaffbro c