: a bridge made to be raised up, let down, or drawn aside so as to permit or hinder passage see castle illustration
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Examples of drawbridge in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe people who used the castle would have needed a way to cross the moat, and now the base for a drawbridge has been discovered, according to the release.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 Weakened by a recent windstorm, a 10-foot chunk of the Route 404 drawbridge in Denton plunged into the Choptank River.—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024 Take a left onto Eighth Avenue, go over the drawbridge and take the right onto Northwest Fifth Street.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024 From the artfully bulging upper windows of the towering Elbphilharmonie complex, the city of Hamburg stretches out in seeming miniature — a vast industrial expanse of cranes, drawbridges and the purple breath of distant smokestacks.—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drawbridge
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