flying bridge

[ flahy-ing brij ]

noun

1. Also called flybridge, Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
2. Architecture. skybridge ( def 2 ).

flying bridge

noun

1. an auxiliary bridge of a vessel, usually built above or far outboard of the main bridge

Word History and Origins

Origin of flying bridge¹

First recorded in 1480–90

Example Sentences

I perched myself high up on the flying-bridge and watched the busy scene below.

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To the keep, four stories high, a flying bridge led, in order to facilitate the withdrawal of the garrison in case of siege.

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With the army was carried a flying bridge, which had been constructed to throw over any gaps there might be in the causeway.

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The man who ordinarily undertook this duty being assigned to the signal post in the "flying bridge" of the flagship.

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The oxen ascended the flying bridge, and in a few minutes were yoked by the alert servants who had been landed with them.

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