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forebridge

forebridge noun: a raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge.

Noun

forebridge (plural forebridges)

  1. A raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge.
    • The Carmania was struck by a shell which passed through the cabin under the forebridge and started a fire, in consequence of which the forebridge had to be abandoned, no water being available to extinguish the flames owing to the fire main having been shot through.1916, The Nineteenth Century and After, volume 79, page 452
    • The forebridge itself was a polyhedral room with so many 'walls' that it was almost spherical, with a diameter of about a hundred meters.2003, Viktoria Wealth, Aadorn Universe of Challenges, page 152

Forms of forebridge

pluralforebridges
alternative formfore-bridge

Origin of forebridge

From fore- + bridge.

Questions about forebridge

What does forebridge mean?
Forebridge means a raised platform or pilothouse at the front of the bridge.
What part of speech is forebridge?
Forebridge is a noun.
What is the plural of forebridge?
The plural of forebridge is forebridges.

Words near forebridge in the dictionary

  1. forebraces
  2. forebrain
  3. forebrains
  4. forebreast
  5. forebreasts
  6. forebridge
  7. forebridges
  8. forebring
  9. forebrought
  10. forebuilding
  11. forebuildings

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