BASCULE


Meaning of BASCULE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' bas-( ˌ )kyül

Function: noun

Etymology: French, seesaw

Date: 1678

: an apparatus or structure (as a drawbridge) in which one end is counterbalanced by the other on the principle of the seesaw or by weights

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