Bailey Bridge Definition

bālē

noun

A steel bridge designed to be shipped in parts and assembled rapidly.

American Heritage

In military engineering, a portable bridge consisting of a series of prefabricated steel sections in the form of lattices.

Webster's New World

A portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bailey Bridge

Singular:

Bailey bridge

Plural:

bailey-bridges

After Sir Donald Bailey (1901–1985), British engineer

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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