[ˈbaskjuːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a type of bridge with a section which can be raised and lowered using counterweights


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: earlier denoting a lever apparatus of which one end is raised while the other is lowered, from French (earlier bacule), ‘see-saw’, from battre ‘to bump’ + cul ‘buttocks’