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bascule |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bascule \Bas"cule\, n. [F., a seesaw.] In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. {Bascule bridge}, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bascule n : a structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge)
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