Bridge-house
a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
Historical Examples
Historic Waterways–Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers Reuben Gold Thwaites
Merchantmen-at-Arms David W. Bone
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris George Griffith
Chronicles of London Bridge Richard Thompson
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