drawbridge

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A drawbridge.

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From draw +‎ bridge.

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drawbridge (plural drawbridges)

  1. A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
    • 1981, “The Fall Guy”, performed by The Sonora's Tucson Band:
      I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine / 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine
  2. (figurative, attributive) A tendency to provide only limited access.
    drawbridge mentality
    • 1873 March, Ella Williams, “My Stepdaughter”, in William Conant Church, editor, The Galaxy, volume 15, number 3, page 386:
      I looked at her with wide eyes, and the drawbridge of her reserve fell instantly.
    • 2012, Phillip Vannini, Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada's West Coast:
      "Yeah, some people have a drawbridge mentality,” remarks Barry.“They move to an island and then they think that nobody else should be let in after them. []
    • 2016, Gladys Famoriyo, Quit Hiding, Start Living!:
      And He gave me the steps I needed to take to let down the drawbridge of my heart again.
    • 2019, Christie Rich, Charles Nottingham, Weaver of Dreams:
      They push against the drawbridge of my mind, shaking me to the core.

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