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noun
A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, construction
History
From French bascule, from earlier French bacule, from Old French bacul, from Old French battre + cul, from Latin battuō (“beat”) + cul (“bottom”).
