Bible Dictionaries
Drawbridge

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Drawbridge'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/drawbridge.html. 1828.