(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 Indu
(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.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.
(NZ) A rope bridge, or simple suspension bridge, which swings (oscillates) as pedestrians walk across.
(British) (usually) a single-arch bridge with steep approaches on either side.
(UK, archaic, slang) The covered bridge at St. John's College, Cambridge, that connects the college with its grounds on the other side of the river.
(US, Canada) A zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.