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snake bridges

snake bridges is the plural of snake bridge.

Meaning of snake bridge

Noun

snake bridge (plural snake bridges)

  1. (UK, historical) A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate uninterrupted horse-drawn towing.
    • Holonyms: canal, navigation (waterway-system sense)

Questions about snake bridges

What is snake bridges the plural of?
Snake bridges is the plural of snake bridge.

Words near snake bridges in the dictionary

  1. snake bean
  2. snake beans
  3. snake bite
  4. snake bites
  5. snake bridge
  6. snake bridges
  7. snake cacti
  8. snake cactus
  9. snake case
  10. snake charmer
  11. snake charmers

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