Crossword-Solution: BASCULE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bascule | n. | In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. |
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| BRIDGE part | 13 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATEER
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Sentences with BASCULE (5)
Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.
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.
Note: The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically, a bascule, balance, or lifting bridge, a turning, swivel, or swing bridge, or a rolling bridge, according as it turns on a hinge vertically, or on a pivot horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.
Traffic crosses the canal here by a steel bascule bridge 65 feet wide, with two railroad and two street car tracks, two vehicle roadways, and two ways for pedestrians.
Three of the bascule bridges crossing the Canal, weighing 1,600,000 pounds each, cost $250,000 each, erected.