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Перевод: drawbridge

[существительное]
подъемный мост; разводной мост

Тезаурус:

1. Although booted and plastered with mud and out of temper with herself and with him, she deposited him at the drawbridge of Sigouri in just over an hour.
2. The Savoyard knights and their companions marched out, and Zacco and his army crossed the drawbridge and took possession of the castle.
3. In the event this last had to satisfy them, for although they reached Gilsland village unannounced, they found its castle effectively beyond their reach, its gatehouse guarded, its drawbridge up and its portcullis down, Dacre presumably a man of caution.
4. And then, ahead, were the walls of the Citadel, with its drawbridge down, and the portcullis updrawn to give entry.
5. Doorways opened off this stone passage right and left, one to give access to the porter's lodge, the other to a stairway leading up to the gatehouse itself, above the pend, from which the drawbridge and portcullis were managed.
6. It is like a medieval chivalric scene, and the Governor-General emerges from the fortified station like a king or great lord across the drawbridge of his castle.
7. Slowly the hatch, like some huge drawbridge, opened out, the wind gusting and swirling, physically reaching in for them.
8. The coast (or cliff-top) walk from the hostel in the other direction led to the delightful settlement of Robin Hood's Bay, where the slipway resembles a drawbridge let down from the towering sea walls.
9. To the south-west, a deep moat, spanned by a drawbridge, completed defences.
10. It's a case of pull up the drawbridge and cut off the phones."
11. At the cut-off time for the coursework an electronic drawbridge goes up: students are no longer allowed to write to their directories.
12. The bridge was originally designed by Sir Horace Jones, the City Architect, who died as the work was commenced, and John Wolfe Barry then modified the drawbridge design, assisted by Brunel ( q.v.).
13. Douglas hoped to surprise the castle sufficiently to gain access; but he recognised that however much of a surprise, this might not be possible, for it was a fairly strong place, not a major fortalice but moated and walled, with drawbridge, gatehouse, portcullis and the rest.