Bascule meaning

băskyo͝ol
A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised.
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A device balanced so that when one end is lowered the other end is raised.
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A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
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Origin of bascule

  • French seesaw bas low (from Old French) (from Medieval Latin bassus) cul bottom (from Old French) (from Latin cūlus rump (s)keu- in Indo-European roots)

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

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Bascule Sentence Examples

  • The bascules rotate through an angle of 82°, and their rear ends in the bascule chambers of the piers carry 365 tons of counterweight, the total weight of each being 1070 tons.

  • The lattice girders of the side spans were first rolled into place, so as to project some distance beyond the piers, and then the arch ribs were built out, being partly supported by wire-rope cables from (3) Draw or Bascule Bridges.

  • - The fortress draw-bridge is the original type, in which a single leaf, or bascule, turns round a horizontal hinge at one abutment.

  • In these bridges each bascule is prolonged backwards beyond the hinge so as to balance at the hinge, the prolongation sinking into the piers when the bridge is opened.

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