drawbridge
See also: draw-bridge and draw bridge
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editdrawbridge (plural drawbridges)
- A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
- 1981, “The Fall Guy”, performed by The Sonora's Tucson Band:
- I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine
- (figurative, attributive) A tendency to provide only limited access.
- drawbridge mentality
- 1873 March, Ella Williams, “My Stepdaughter”, in William Conant Church, editor, The Galaxy, volume 15, number 3, page 386:
- I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly.
- 2012, Phillip Vannini, Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast:
- "Yeah, some people have a drawbridge mentality,” remarks Barry.“They move to an island and then they think that nobody else should be let in after them. […]
- 2016, Gladys Famoriyo, Quit Hiding, Start Living!:
- And He gave me the steps I needed to take to let down the drawbridge of my heart again.
- 2019, Christie Rich, Charles Nottingham, Weaver of Dreams:
- They push against the drawbridge of my mind, shaking me to the core.
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edit- (bridge that allows watercraft to travel): bascule bridge
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editbridge which can be raised
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A fort entryway's drawbridge.
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A drawbridge open to allow a ship beneath.