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forebridges

forebridges is the plural of forebridge.

Meaning of forebridge

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

Questions about forebridges

What is forebridges the plural of?
Forebridges is the plural of forebridge.

Words near forebridges in the dictionary

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

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