'Lift bridge' definitions:

Definition of 'lift bridge'

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noun
A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it [syn: drawbridge, lift bridge]

Definition of 'Lift bridge'

From: GCIDE
  • Lift \Lift\, n.
  • 1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift"; as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift into town. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • The goat gives the fox a lift. --L'Estrange.
  • 4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. [Chiefly Brit.] (b) An exercising machine. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. --Saunier. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement. [PJC]
  • Dead lift. See under Dead. --Swift.
  • Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
  • Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
  • Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
  • Lift lock, a canal lock.
  • Lift pump, a lifting pump.
  • Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
  • Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. [1913 Webster]

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