bascule

[ bas-kyool ]

/ ˈbæs kyul /

noun Civil Engineering.

a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge ) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.

Origin of bascule

First recorded in 1670–80; from French: name for a number of seesawlike mechanical devices, Middle French bacule, noun derivative of baculer “to strike on the buttocks” (probably originally, “to land on one's buttocks”), equivalent to bas “down” + -culer, verbal derivative of cul “rump, buttocks”; -s- by false analysis as bas(se) adjective + cule taken as a feminine noun; see base², culet

Words nearby bascule

basal vein, basanite, bas bleu, B.A.Sc., bascinet, bascule, base, baseball, baseball cap, baseballer, baseball finger

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Example sentences from the Web for bascule

The cost has been set down at 65,000, or about one-thirtieth that of a suspension bridge, and one-third that of a bascule bridge.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
We shall see the poor devil get out of the carriage, and being fastened on to the bascule, and pulled into the lunette.
Fantmas|Pierre Souvestre
Bascule, bas′kūl, n. an apparatus of the lever kind, in which one end is raised while the other is depressed.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The assistants seized the condemned man, and pushed him on to the bascule.
Fantmas|Pierre Souvestre

British Dictionary definitions for bascule

bascule

/ (ˈbæskjuːl) /

noun

Also called: balance bridge, counterpoise bridge a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weightCompare drawbridge

a movable roadway forming part of such a bridgeTower Bridge has two bascules

Word Origin for bascule

C17: from French: seesaw, from bas low + cul rump; see base ², culet

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单词	bascule
释义	bascule [ bas-kyool ] / ˈbæs kyul / noun Civil Engineering. a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge ) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight. Origin of bascule First recorded in 1670–80; from French: name for a number of seesawlike mechanical devices, Middle French bacule, noun derivative of baculer “to strike on the buttocks” (probably originally, “to land on one's buttocks”), equivalent to bas “down” + -culer, verbal derivative of cul “rump, buttocks”; -s- by false analysis as bas(se) adjective + cule taken as a feminine noun; see base², culet Words nearby bascule basal vein, basanite, bas bleu, B.A.Sc., bascinet, bascule, base, baseball, baseball cap, baseballer, baseball finger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bascule The cost has been set down at 65,000, or about one-thirtieth that of a suspension bridge, and one-third that of a bascule bridge. The Romance of Modern Mechanism\|Archibald Williams We shall see the poor devil get out of the carriage, and being fastened on to the bascule, and pulled into the lunette. Fantmas\|Pierre Souvestre Bascule, bas′kūl, n. an apparatus of the lever kind, in which one end is raised while the other is depressed. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various The assistants seized the condemned man, and pushed him on to the bascule. Fantmas\|Pierre Souvestre British Dictionary definitions for bascule bascule / (ˈbæskjuːl) / noun Also called: balance bridge, counterpoise bridge a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weightCompare drawbridge a movable roadway forming part of such a bridgeTower Bridge has two bascules Word Origin for bascule C17: from French: seesaw, from bas low + cul rump; see base ², culet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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