bacule – English noun declension

English noun forms of bacule

Noun: bacule
Singularbacule
Pluralbacules

Sample Sentences

  • At the extremity of this Bacule, is tied a cord, which passes thro' the pulley S, and terminates at the extremity of the arm, where it is fastened to a little bowl M; [1739, Mr. Baddam, Memoirs of the Royal Society, page 110:]
  • The following works will be carried out during the year: Extensions to infectious diseases hospital, £5,000; extensions to borough sanatorium, £4,500; school clinic, tuberculosis dispensary, and new offices for medical officer, £ 7,500; ferro-concrete bridge over Orwell, £3,000; steel bacule bridge over Orwell, £ 7,500; and public swimming and slipper baths, £7,000. [1914, The Surveyor and Municipal Engineer - Volume 45, page 208:]
  • A bacule bridge having a stationary pivot, a counterweight having a stationary pivot, the bridge leaf and counterweight being adapted to rotate in opposite directions about their respective pivots, a vertical track located between the two pivots, a roller adapted to travel vertically along the track, and two stiff links, [1922, Canadian Patent Office Record - Volume 50, Issues 27-52, page 3453:]
  • The new bridge is a double leaf trunnion bacule bridge of the “Chicago Type". [1949, Chicago (Ill.). Bureau of Engineering. Division of Bridges & Viaducts, In Commemoration of the Opening to Traffic of the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge and North Approach Viaduct at State Street, Saturday, May 28, 1949 at 12:30 P.M., page 9:]
  • A bacule bridge spans the river. [1964, Hans Gade, Hans Gade's European Harbour Pilot, page 354:]

Etymology

From French bacule, from Old French bacul, from Old French battre + cul, from Latin battuō (“beat”) + cul (“bottom”). Cognate with French bascule. See: French Nouns 'bacule', Latin Nouns 'battuō', French Nouns 'bascule'.