† ˈdraught-bridge Obs.
= drawbridge.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 183 Was þer non entre..Bot a streite kauce, at þe end a drauht brigge. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 1952 Þe ȝeates were þanne sone y-schet, & þe draȝt-brige vp y-drawe. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 784/18 Hoc superfossorium, a drawtebryge. c 1543 in Turner Dom. Archit. III. 78 William Clebe..hath made..at your Tour of London..a new draght brygge. |