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lifting bridges

lifting bridges is the plural of lifting bridge.

Meaning of lifting bridge

Noun

lifting bridge (plural lifting bridges)

  1. A type of movable bridge over a body of water with one or two spans that can be raised to allow the passage of water traffic whenever necessary; the lifting movement may be either hinged or elevating.
    • Included in the electrification scheme is the branch from Sittingbourne to Sheerness, which crosses from the mainland to the Isle of Sheppey on the lifting bridge at King's Ferry.1958 May, “Electric trains to the Kent Coast”, in Railway Magazine, page 296

Questions about lifting bridges

What is lifting bridges the plural of?
Lifting bridges is the plural of lifting bridge.

Words near lifting bridges in the dictionary

  1. lifting agents
  2. lifting all boats
  3. lifting boss
  4. lifting bosses
  5. lifting bridge
  6. lifting bridges
  7. lifting chalk
  8. lifting down
  9. lifting gas
  10. lifting gases
  11. lifting gasses

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