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bridgelet

bridgelet noun: a small bridge.

Noun

bridgelet (plural bridgelets)

  1. (uncommon) A small bridge.
    • […] and (if convenience of pathway require it) stretching upon either side of a bridgelet, across the chasm of the road.1867, Donald Grant Mitchell, “Landscape Treatment of Railways”, in Rural Studies: with Hints for Country Places, Charles Scribner & Co., page 155
    • But the pent currents, made for fights; the bridgelets, with their weedy and barnacled columns, daggers to unwary fingers; […]1887 July, Louise Imogen Guiney, “The Water-Ways of Portsmouth”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume LX, number CCCLVII, page 17

Forms of bridgelet

pluralbridgelets

Origin of bridgelet

From bridge + -let.

Questions about bridgelet

What does bridgelet mean?
Bridgelet means a small bridge.
What part of speech is bridgelet?
Bridgelet is a noun.
What is the plural of bridgelet?
The plural of bridgelet is bridgelets.

Words near bridgelet in the dictionary

  1. bridgekeepers
  2. Bridgeland
  3. Bridgelands
  4. bridgeless
  5. bridgelessness
  6. bridgelet
  7. bridgelets
  8. bridgelike
  9. bridgeline
  10. bridgelines
  11. bridgemaker

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