covered bridge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of covered bridge
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Here, you can watch artisans make glassware in the studio, which sits on the banks of the Ottauquechee River near a covered bridge.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
End up at the Japanese covered bridge, an arched pagoda built in 1593 and later reconstructed by the Chinese and Vietnamese.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2019
Mexican officials escorted the four — a pregnant woman, her boyfriend, a mother and her 16-year-old son — to a U.S. customs officers’ station at the center of the covered bridge.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2018
Abel decided he had room on his property near Elizabethtown for the center’s collection - along with the Star Barn complex, the Belmont Barn and the Herr’s Mill covered bridge.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2018
Kendra waited until they were back on the path beside the covered bridge to try her question again.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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