bascule - a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
boarding - a structure of boards
body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" ...
Bascule bridge: A kind of drawbridge used to defend a gateway. The bridge was moved using a counterpoise system, where a counter weight was moved into a pit, thus bringing the bridge up to fill the gateway. See drawbridge. (Fr. bascule, see-saw).
1250, in which patterns are formed by intersecting moulded ribwork continuing upwards from the mullions. It was especially elaborate during the Decorated period of English Gothic, i.e. c. 1290-c. 1400.BasculeHinged part of a lifting (or ...
 See also: Turret, Bartizan, Corbel, Tower, Classical
  
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