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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A steel bridge designed to be shipped in parts and assembled rapidly.
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- noun a portable pre-fabricated
truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Sir Donald Bailey, (1901–1985), British engineer.]
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