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pontlevis

[ pont-lev-is ]

noun

  1. a drawbridge.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pontlevis1

1480–90; < French, equivalent to pont bridge (< Latin pont-, stem of pōns ) + levis (< Vulgar Latin *levāticius liftable, adj. derivative of Latin levāre to lift

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