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Definition of Hoist bridge

Hoist bridge
Hoist Hoist, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. --Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.

Meaning of Hoist bridge from wikipedia

- using a set of guide wires hoisted into place via winches positioned atop the towers. These catwalks follow the curve set by bridge designers for the main...
- brackets. The traveling bridge spans the gap. A hoist, the lifting component of a crane, travels along the bridge. If the bridge is rigidly supported on...
- The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-sta****/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn...
- needing to p**** through the bridge had to hoist their signals/lights and sound their horn, as appropriate, to alert the Bridge Master. Some of the control...
- Bernard (October 26, 1963). "First Overwater Steel Segment Is Hoisted to Narrows Bridge". The New York Times. ISSNĀ 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2018...
- USS Hoist (ARS-40) was a Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid...
- was a manufacturer of industrial cranes that included types like, bridge cranes, hoist (device), overhead cranes, Gantry crane to name a few. In 1910 came...
- The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district...
- bridge. In the first incident (in June 1963), a 1928 Austin 7 was punted down the river using four punts that had been lashed together, then hoisted up...
- Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata...