drawbridge
d rawb rij
- n a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
- A lot of Republicans are raising the drawbridge--and not only against foreigners.
- Hiking the trail usually leads to detours off it, like to Somerset, a village accessible only by the smallest working drawbridge in the world.
- In Leopards and Lilies, talented Author Duggan (The Little Emperors) is caught with his drawbridge down: the story is not as fleet as Angevin England's fast-moving Leopard .