English Dictionary

bascule

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæskjuːl/

名詞

A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers. / (firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.

日本語の意味

カウンターウェイトが付いた、片端が上昇し他端が下降する構造物。たとえば跳ね橋などに用いられる機構。 / 後装式火器において、薬室へのアクセスを可能にするために回転して開く部分。

The bascule swung up with a slow groan to let the tall-masted ship pass.

跳開橋はゆっくりときしみながら上がり、帆柱の高い船が通り抜けた。

意味（1）

A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.

The study sample contains nine rolling-lift bascules of the type invented by Chicago engineer William Scherzer in 1893 , and refined by the engineering staff of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company, also of Chicago.

意味（2）

(firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.

A device for coupling and releasing the trigger mechanism in a bascule of a gun

bascules （ plural ）