Bailey bridge
a temporary bridge formed of prefabricated, interchangeable, steel truss panels bolted together.
noun
a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
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(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman. Obsolete, bailiff. Historical Examples bailie Duke then turned to Kinlay, holding the viking’s stone in his fingers. The Pilots of Pomona Robert Leighton I suspect, Tom, you and the bailie were rather convivial after supper. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October […]
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an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff’s deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc. (in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chief magistrate in certain towns. (especially in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm. Contemporary Examples Before long, […]
- Bailing
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time. the person who agrees to be liable if someone released from custody does not return at an appointed time. the state of release upon being bailed. on bail, released or free as a result of having posted […]
- Bailiwick
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. a person’s area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one’s own bailiwick. Contemporary Examples He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted. Summers Gave Obama Cover Michael Thomas September 21, […]
- Bailment
the delivery of personal property returnable to the bailor after being held for some purpose. Historical Examples This transaction with C constitutes a bailment, in which the bailor does not have title to the property bailed. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3 Various It is a case of bailment,” said he to Rollo, […]