Lexic.us

Definition of Monkey bridge

1. Noun. A high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room.

2. Noun. The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkey Bridge

monkey-faced owl monkey-faced owls monkey-house monkey-paw monkey-pot monkey-shine monkey-shines monkey-wrench monkey B virus monkey around

monkey bars monkey boy monkey boys monkey bread monkey breads monkey bridge (current term) monkey business monkey diseases monkey dog monkey flip

monkey hand monkey humping a football monkey in the middle monkey jacket monkey jackets monkey ladder monkey malaria monkey nut monkey on one's back monkey patch

Literary usage of Monkey bridge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New National First[-fifth] Reader by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes (1883)
"... chat'ter bae^'ward swung for'ward 16ng'-tail^d THE monkey bridge. A party of long-tailed monkeys came to a small river, over which there was no bridge. ..."

2. New National Second Reader by Charles Joseph Barnes (1883)
"... bael^'ward swung tor'ward 16ng'-tailed THE monkey bridge. A party of long-tailed monkeys wished to cross a river, over which there was no bridge. ..."

3. Sessional Papers (1902)
"Place at which Accident happened—Hull monkey bridge Marshalling Sidings. Name of Per son injured—GA Norman. Age of Person injured—23. ..."

4. New National First[-fifth] Reader by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes (1883)
"... chat'ter bae^'ward swung for'ward 16ng'-tail^d THE monkey bridge. A party of long-tailed monkeys came to a small river, over which there was no bridge. ..."

5. New National Second Reader by Charles Joseph Barnes (1883)
"... bael^'ward swung tor'ward 16ng'-tailed THE monkey bridge. A party of long-tailed monkeys wished to cross a river, over which there was no bridge. ..."

6. Sessional Papers (1902)
"Place at which Accident happened—Hull monkey bridge Marshalling Sidings. Name of Per son injured—GA Norman. Age of Person injured—23. ..."

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