drawbridge

• Happily for the emperor's curiosity, the drawbridge was at the moment let down, so he knocked at the door, which straightway opened to him, and boldly entered the castle He looked around the magnificent hall to see some traces of his wife, but, instead, a powerful odour stole gradually over his senses. —  The Red Romance Book
• We crossed the drawbridge, and at length found ourselves in the little village in rear of the fort. —  Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865
• The grounds were surrounded by a moat with a drawbridge, above which was a gateway adorned with curiously carved images once serving as the figure-heads of two Spanish galleys. —  The Settlers A Tale of Virginia
• Although the drawbridge was let down, it was constantly watched, while one of the three was always looking out from the platform, with a good telescope, so that any objects moving could be discovered at a considerable distance on three sides of the farm; for the hills rising abruptly in the rear shut out the view in that direction. —  Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand
• He had made Mangaleesu understand that he must be ready to assist in hoisting up the drawbridge, as it would require the strength of the whole party to perform the operation. —  Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand

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