weighbridge

American  

[wey-brij] / ˈweɪˌbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. a platform scale that stands flush with a road and is used for weighing trucks, livestock, etc.

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weighbridge British  

/ ˈweɪˌbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. a machine for weighing vehicles, etc, by means of a metal plate set into a road

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Etymology

Origin of weighbridge

First recorded in 1790–1800; weigh ¹ + bridge ¹

Example Sentences

Little use is made of the weighbridge in selling store-cattle, sheep or swine.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The object of this measure is to replace the old-fashioned system of guessing at the weight of an animal by the sounder method of obtaining the exact weight by means of the weighbridge.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The last length of the mill table forms a weighbridge, and a hydraulic crane lifts the sheet from it either on to the warehouse floor or the tramway communicating with the shipping quay.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

Here is the weighbridge, and here great bundles of heavy-smelling fleeces are unloaded.

From Hyacinth by Birmingham, George A.

Here also is the weighbridge for Hay, &c.,

From A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 by Berry, C.