flying bridge

noun

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

Origin of flying bridge

First recorded in 1480–90

Words Nearby flying bridge

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How to use flying bridge in a sentence

I perched myself high up on the flying-bridge and watched the busy scene below.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
To the keep, four stories high, a flying bridge led, in order to facilitate the withdrawal of the garrison in case of siege.
Legends & Romances of Brittany | Lewis Spence
With the army was carried a flying bridge, which had been constructed to throw over any gaps there might be in the causeway.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules Verne
The man who ordinarily undertook this duty being assigned to the signal post in the "flying bridge" of the flagship.
The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice | John Henry Goldfrap
The oxen ascended the flying bridge, and in a few minutes were yoked by the alert servants who had been landed with them.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 | Theophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for flying bridge

flying bridge

noun

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

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