water bridgen.
/ˈwɔːtə brɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbrɪdʒ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbrɪdʒ/ 1. A bridge over water; (also) a bridge carrying a canal over a river or valley, an aqueduct.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > over water
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1445 W. Clebe Petit. Henry VI in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 79 At Shene the waterbrigge.
1667 Coll. Statutes made Reigns of King Charles I. & King Charles II xi. 264 It shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees..to pull up any Cart-bridges of Wood or Stone, or any Foot or Horse-bridges, Clowes or Water-bridges that now lye over the said two Rivers.
1766 R. Whitworth Advantages Inland Navigation 109 Twenty road bridges, at 80 l. each. Fifteen water bridges, at 50 l. each.
1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation xi. 265 This canal passes by all the above coal-works or mines, and is carried over Nutt-brook, by a water-bridge or aqueduct, to Stapleford and Sandy-acre.
1943 Triumphs of Engin. 246/1 De Lesseps came to the conclusion that the sea-level idea could not be carried out.., so he abandoned it in favour of a system of locks, to make, in effect, a water bridge across at a height of 125 feet.
2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Feb. 55/4 (advt.) Oqyana..will provide a chic ocean lifestyle through a mixture of..secluded water homes linked to islands via water bridges.
2. Engineering. A partition at the back of some steam boilers which forms part of the water space. Cf. bridge n.1 15.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > walls or barriers in furnaces
fireback1566
spirit-plate1686
hem1693
fire bridge1821
bridge1823
water bridge1837
furnace-bridge1874
1837 Repertory Patent Inventions 7 178 v, is the bridge of the boiler, and I prefer forming this part of fire-clay lumps,..but when applied to old boilers or those of common construction, the water-bridge which they generally have will do.
1856 Mining Mag. Oct. 291 About two feet back of the tube sheet is a diaphragm or water-bridge, rising from the water bottom, say three feet high.
1922 Locomotive Mag. & Railway Carriage Rev. 28 164/2 The grate was in the first section of the flue and in some cases had a water-bridge at the end of the fire-bars.
1953 E. L. Ahrons Locomotive & Train Working Latter Part 19th Cent. V. 82 The Beattie coal-burning firebox consisted of a front and a back chamber separated by a transverse inclined partition or water bridge.
1971 C. H. Ellis Lore of Train iv. 78/1 Above the twin firebox was a combustion chamber receiving the flames through two short flues in a water-bridge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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