Noun: drawbridge
| Singular | drawbridge |
| Plural | drawbridges |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonym: bascule bridge
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I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine [1981, “The Fall Guy”, performed by The Sonora's Tucson Band:]
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drawbridge mentality
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I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly. [1873 March, Ella Williams, “My Stepdaughter”, in William Conant Church, editor, The Galaxy, volume 15, number 3, page 386:]
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"Yeah, some people have a drawbridge mentality,” remarks Barry.“They move to an island and then they think that nobody else should be let in after them. […] [2012, Phillip Vannini, Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast:]
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And He gave me the steps I needed to take to let down the drawbridge of my heart again. [2016, Gladys Famoriyo, Quit Hiding, Start Living!:]
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They push against the drawbridge of my mind, shaking me to the core. [2019, Christie Rich, Charles Nottingham, Weaver of Dreams:]
Nouns inflected like drawbridge
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drawebrigge; by surface analysis, draw + bridge. See: Middle English Nouns '
drawebrigge', Middle English Nouns '
drawebrigge'.