drawbridge

How To Use drawbridge In A Sentence

• Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges.
• Kennaquhair, or because it agrees with scenes of the Monastery in the circumstances of the drawbridge, the milldam, and other points of resemblance, that therefore an accurate or perfect local similitude is to be found in all the particulars of the picture. The Monastery
• He got his horse from one of the stablemen, and galloped out the curtain wall when the drawbridge was down.
• The ruins were with some labor cleared away, the remains of the outer wall levelled with the earth, except the tower communicating with the drawbridge and barbacan, which could be easily repaired. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
• A false start might be a most disorientating thing, but there will be plenty of time for pulling the drawbridge up never mind the thermals on in the months to come. But do we really want a barbecue autumn? | Alex Clark
• They walked across the drawbridge and round the walls, stopping to examine the bailey. INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
• Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges.
• This is meant to convey a sense of security and privacy: the drawbridge is pulled up and the portcullis is dropped.
• They walked across the drawbridge and round the walls, stopping to examine the bailey. INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
• Two officers drove off a drawbridge last night and plunged 40 feet into the river.