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Bai·ley bridge (bā′lē)

Mil. Engineering a portable bridge consisting of a series of prefabricated steel sections in the form of lattices

Etymology: after Sir D. C. Bailey (1901-85), Eng inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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