'Bascule' definitions:
Definition of 'bascule'
(from WordNet)
noun
A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Definition of 'Bascule'
From: GCIDE
- Bascule \Bas"cule\ (b[a^]s"k[-u]l), n. [F., a seesaw.] In mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. [1913 Webster]
- Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air. [1913 Webster]