drawbridgenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdrɔː.brɪdʒ/us/ˈdrɑː.brɪdʒ/a bridge that can be raised or brought down in order to protect a castle from attack or to allow big boats to go under it
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Fortifications
- acropolis
- barricade
- bastion
- battlements
- castle
- citadel
- earthwork
- enceinte
- entanglement
- fort
- Fort Knox
- foxhole
- keep
- moat
- moated
- pillbox
- portcullis
- rampart
- stronghold
- turret
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Bridges
Examples from literature
- A gate-house, with a drawbridge commands the entrance.
- But the drawbridge was up.
- The drawbridge lowered, and open swung the gates.
- The sometime moat was now full of smooth, green grass, and the drawbridge no longer remains.
- There were two drawbridges—seldom used but always practicable.