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bowstring bridges

bowstring bridges is the plural of bowstring bridge.

Meaning of bowstring bridge

Noun

bowstring bridge (plural bowstring bridges)

  1. A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
    • The last crossing, immediately short of Keswick station, is an inverted bowstring girder bridge with a skew span of 120ft.1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601

Questions about bowstring bridges

What is bowstring bridges the plural of?
Bowstring bridges is the plural of bowstring bridge.

Words near bowstring bridges in the dictionary

  1. bowstaves
  2. bowster
  3. bowsters
  4. bowstring
  5. bowstring bridge
  6. bowstring bridges
  7. bowstring hemp
  8. bowstring knot
  9. bowstring knots
  10. bowstringed
  11. bowstringer

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