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pontlevis
[ pont-lev-is ]
noun
- a drawbridge.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pontlevis1
1480–90; < French, equivalent to pont bridge (< Latin pont-, stem of pōns ) + levis (< Vulgar Latin *levāticius liftable, adj. derivative of Latin levāre to lift
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