drawbridge

the movable part of a drawbridge

2. that donjon keep, much more pierced with loopholes than with windows; that drawbridge, always raised; that portcullis, always lowered,--is the Bastille.

The drawbridge was raised to let the boat pass through.

The drawbridge is a popular feature in medieval castles.

The drawbridge creaked as it was being lowered.

The drawbridge was painted in bright colors.

The drawbridge mechanism was old and rusty.

They crossed the drawbridge into the castle courtyard.

The drawbridge was a strategic defense feature of the fortress.

The drawbridge slowly descended over the moat.

The drawbridge was operated manually by a group of soldiers.

The drawbridge was reinforced with iron bars for added security.

Sapt will get the key from the Duke and let down the drawbridge.

But, he insists, trying to pull up a drawbridge is not the right approach.

To pay the dwarf who will lower the drawbridge if we answer his riddles three?

A few minutes later, Rupert crossed the drawbridge and it was pulled up.

There was a wide moat and a drawbridge.

I ran out of the room and up the steps towards the drawbridge.

Human history, in Mr Norberg's telling, is a cacophony of drawbridges being lowered and then raised.

He also says people love to see it unless they're stuck at a drawbridge waiting for it to pass.

To pull up the drawbridge; to go into a shell.

I never want us to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world.