Medieval Glossary
Bascule Bridge
A kind of drawbridge with a counterpoise swinging up and down, and usually a pit behind it, in which the counterpoise falls or rises as the bridge rises or falls. Bascule is the arrangement of the counterpoise in bascule bridges.
Related term(s): Drawbridge; Gatehouse; Moat; Portcullis; Castle
Category: Castles and Fortifications
Added: 09.03.05
Source information:
Wilhelm, Thomas. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1881. 47.
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