bascule : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bascule	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bascule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bascule n a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bascule \Bas"cule\, n. [F., a seesaw.] In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. {Bascule bridge}, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.