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Animation showing the operation of a drawbridge. A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.In some forms of English, including American English, the word drawbridge commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the ...
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1 language. বাংলা; Edit links ... Pages in category "English–Nepali translators" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may ...
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or double-leafed.
Pilar Adón - translator from English into Spanish; Jorge Luis Borges – translator of many English, French, and German works into Spanish; Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838–1919) – translator from French into Spanish; Xenia Dyakonova – translator from Russian into Spanish; Javier Marías – translator of many English works into Spanish
Drawbridges listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In American English, the term drawbridge refers to any type of movable/moveable bridge. This category includes both functioning drawbridges and ones whose draw span is no longer able to open.
A double-beam drawbridge, seesaw or folding bridge is a movable bridge . It opens by rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to the water. Historically, the double-beam drawbridge has emerged from the drawbridge. A (double-beam) drawbridge has counterweights, so that operating requires less energy compared with such a bridge without ...
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Nepali. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]