Definition of "bascule" []

• A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised. (noun)

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• "But if you look at it, it's not a so-called bascule bridge."
• "It’s called a bascule, and it lifts like a kind of gigantic one-sided see-saw."
• "Also note the second bascule bridge, and lots of Transit/HOV lanes (and the resulting added width)."