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drawbridge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɹɑbɹɪd͡ʒ/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drawebrigge; by surface analysis, draw + bridge.

Meanings

  1. A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
    • Near-synonym: bascule bridge
    • I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine 1981, “The Fall Guy”, performed by The Sonora's Tucson Band:
  2. (attributive, figuratively) A tendency to provide only limited access.
    • drawbridge mentality
    • "Yeah, some people have a drawbridge mentality,” remarks Barry.“They move to an island and then they think that nobody else should be let in after them. […] 2012, Phillip Vannini, Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast:
    • They push against the drawbridge of my mind, shaking me to the core. 2019, Christie Rich, Charles Nottingham, Weaver of Dreams:
    • And He gave me the steps I needed to take to let down the drawbridge of my heart again. 2016, Gladys Famoriyo, Quit Hiding, Start Living!:
    • I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly. 1873 March, Ella Williams, “My Stepdaughter”, in William Conant Church, editor, The Galaxy, volume 15, number 3, page 386:

Forms

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drawbridges Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

vertical-lift bridge · suspension bridge · swing bridge · truss bridge · cable-stayed bridge

Deriveds

drawbridge mentality · pull up the drawbridge · drawbridged

Hypernyms

lifting bridge · bridge · movable bridge · infrastructure

Hyponyms

hoist bridge

Synonyms

bascule bridge

Translations (42)

ru разводно́й мост (bridge which can be raised) · ko 도개교 (bridge which can be raised) · pl most zwodzony (bridge which can be raised) · et tõmbesild (bridge which can be raised) · pt ponte levadiça (bridge which can be raised) · vo lötirapon (bridge which can be raised) · ja 跳ね橋 (bridge which can be raised) · cmn 吊橋 /吊桥 (bridge which can be raised) · az açıla bilən körpü (bridge which can be raised) · de Zugbrücke (bridge which can be raised) · cmn 釣橋 /钓桥 (bridge which can be raised) · vo tulapon (bridge which can be raised) · enm drawebrigge (bridge which can be raised) · sv vindbrygga (bridge which can be raised) · eu zubi altxagarri (bridge which can be raised) · hi कलदार सेतु (bridge which can be raised) · fi nostosilta (bridge which can be raised) · is vindubrú (bridge which can be raised) · fr pont-levis (bridge which can be raised) · fi laskusilta (bridge which can be raised) · lb Falbréck (bridge which can be raised) · ca pont llevadís (bridge which can be raised) · lt pakeliamasis tiltas (bridge which can be raised) · it ponte levatoio (bridge which can be raised) · cs padací most (bridge which can be raised) · et tõstesild (bridge which can be raised) · ga droichead tógála (bridge which can be raised) · nl valbrug (bridge which can be raised) · su ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (bridge which can be raised) · cy pont godi (bridge which can be raised) · lv paceļamais tilts (bridge which can be raised) · nl ophaalbrug (bridge which can be raised) · fi läppäsilta (bridge which can be raised) · vi cầu sắt (bridge which can be raised) · da vindebro (bridge which can be raised) · hy բարձրացնովի կամուրջ (bridge which can be raised) · ota قلقار كوپری (bridge which can be raised) · cmn 弔橋 /吊桥 (bridge which can be raised) · es puente levadizo (bridge which can be raised) · eo levponto (bridge which can be raised) · hu felvonóhíd (bridge which can be raised) · eo levoponto (bridge which can be raised)

wikidata: Q23383