DRAWBRIDGE


Meaning of DRAWBRIDGE in English

noun

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At the cut-off time for the coursework an electronic drawbridge goes up: students are no longer allowed to write to their directories.

But at night the Duke locked the door of her room, and pulled up the drawbridge .

He heard the hollow thudding of hooves and the duller sound of feet constantly tramping the timbers of the drawbridge .

Its drawbridge lowering, he would ride across it to a joyous welcome.

Mackey drove across a drawbridge over the Miami River.

People already burdened with anxieties and fears should not have to cross this drawbridge too.

The drawbridge was raised, of course, but it was a narrow moat.

The sergeant felt uneasy while he and Blanche stood on the drawbridge .

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