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bascule
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bas·cule  (bskyl)
n.
A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised.
[French, seesaw : bas, low (from Medieval Latin bassus) + cul, bottom (from Latin clus, rump; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
bascule
Noun
a drawbridge that operates by a counterbalanced weight [French: seesaw]
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Noun1.basculebascule - a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"


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