Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bridge which may be raised to admit of the passage of a boat.
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Examples
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“For the lift-bridge … There are three of them in the town …”
Maigret meets a Milord Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1931
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There were only two lamps to light up the scene: one in the middle of the lift-bridge before the lock, the other on the barge which was continuing to rise fast.
Maigret meets a Milord Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1931
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Leaving our little town by motor we crossed the canal by the lift-bridge after waiting to allow three Dutch barges to pass through.
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The lift-bridge control tower likely will be out of service for some time, Anderson said.
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The lift-bridge control tower likely will be out of service for some time, Anderson said.
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He crossed the town without seeing anything, his hands in his pockets, and had to wait for five minutes beside the canal, because the lift-bridge was up and a heavily loaded barge was moving along at a snail’s pace, dragging its flat belly along the canal bed, from which the mud was rising to the surface together with bubbles of air.
Maigret meets a Milord Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1931
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