bascule bridge

English

A bascule bridge in the town of Sète, France

Noun

bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)

1. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.

Synonyms

• drawbridge

Translations

type of movable bridge

• Catalan: pont basculant m
• Danish: klapbro c
• Dutch: basculebrug (nl) m or f
• Finnish: läppäsilta (fi)
• French: pont basculant m
• German: Klappbrücke f
• Hungarian: felnyíló híd (hu)
• Icelandic: vængjabrú f
• Polish: most zwodzony (pl) m
• Portuguese: ponte basculante f
• Romanian: pod basculant (ro) n
• Russian: раскрыва́ющийся мост m (raskryvájuščijsja most), разводно́й мост m (razvodnój most), подъёмный мост m (podʺjómnyj most)
• Spanish: puente basculante m
• Sundanese: ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat)
• Swedish: klaffbro (sv) c