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lifting spans

lifting spans is the plural of lifting span.

Meaning of lifting span

Noun

lifting span (plural lifting spans)

  1. A span of a bridge that can be raised to allow boats and ships through; these can have different forms.
    • The vertical lifting span is raised on four reinforced concrete piers which are some 130 ft. high. […] The lifting span, which rises vertically between the towers, weighs 465 tons and is counterweighted by four 110-ton weights.1960 June, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388

Questions about lifting spans

What is lifting spans the plural of?
Lifting spans is the plural of lifting span.

Words near lifting spans in the dictionary

  1. lifting oneself up by one's own waistbands
  2. lifting shop
  3. lifting shops
  4. lifting someone's spirits
  5. lifting span
  6. lifting spans
  7. lifting the bar
  8. lifting the exponent
  9. lifting the lid
  10. lifting up
  11. liftingly

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