Associations to the word «Bascule»

Wiktionary

BASCULE, noun. A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
BASCULE BRIDGE, noun. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leafs equipped with balancing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.

Dictionary definition

BASCULE, noun. A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw).

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway