bascule

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Noun
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bas=cule

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bascule has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

basculen. [F., a seesaw.].
     In mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.  [1913 Webster]
Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

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