drawbridge
noun
a bridge of which the whole or a section may be drawn up, let down, or drawn aside, to prevent access or to leave a passage open for boats, barges, etc.
drawbridges
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pluralof drawbridge.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both clubs criticised each other over security arrangements and safety of the small number of travelling fans and inevitably drawbridges were pulled up completely.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
The outage has also affected part of Alameda, causing its three drawbridges to stop working and disrupting traffic access to the island, CBS Bay Area reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Property values in St. Bernard are lower in part because the parish is harder to get to, cut off from most of the city by drawbridges and railroad crossings.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
In the Netherlands, workers sprayed water on mechanical drawbridges over Amsterdam’s canals to prevent the metal in them from expanding, according to The Associated Press.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
The transport sphere plowed along the trench, past all the fortified city’s defenses: walls, moats, machicolations, crossbow cannons, drawbridges, bristling spear pits, bladed gates, and giant mechanical grinders.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
