lift bridge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lift bridge
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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A vertical lift bridge, it was the first of its kind in the Netherlands, and was copied from similar bridges in the United States.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022
That means using handsaws to clear deadfall from trails, block-and-tackle pulley rigs to lift bridge timbers and spud bars to pry rocks out of trail treads.
From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2017
That means trying to outrun not only the so-called “formula”—a typical hit’s rote journey through intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, lift, bridge, and outro—but his own instincts.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2013
They planned to close the city’s lift bridge for the first time since major flooding in 2001.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2010
The navigation is controlled by Acts of Parliament, but pleasure yachts are exempt from tolls, except, of course, at locks and Haddiscoe lift bridge.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher
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