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Word: Bascule
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: earlier denoting a lever apparatus of which one end is raised while the other is lowered, from French (earlier bacule), ‘see-saw’, from battre ‘to bump’ + cul ‘buttocks’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbaskjuːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a type of bridge with a section which can be raised and lowered using counterweights.
Short Definition:type of bridge with section which can be raised and lowered using counterweights
Variant Forms:
- bascule bridge
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