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Definition of Bailey bridge
1. Noun. A temporary bridge designed for rapid construction.
Definition of Bailey bridge
1. Noun. a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bailey Bridge
Literary usage of Bailey bridge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"One item of our normal demonstration included lifting a dummy girder, and this
apparently tickled the fancy of Sir Donald Bailey, of Bailey bridge fame, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1867)
"THE NEW Bailey bridge : DEANSGATE, &c. — Deansgate is bounded by the Irwell ...
There is an opening left for a bridge [the New Bailey bridge] over the river ..."
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