drawbridges
Castle entrance panels
Drawbridges is the plural of drawbridge, a bridge designed to be raised, lowered, or drawn aside to allow or prevent passage.
Medieval castles used drawbridges over moats for defense—raised to keep enemies out, lowered for friendly entry.
Modern drawbridges span waterways, lifting to let boats pass: Traffic backed up while the drawbridge was raised for a sailboat.
Defensive water ditch
- castleFortified medieval residence
- gatehouseStructure over an entrance
- portcullisVertical sliding castle gate
- rampartFortified defensive wall
battlements · fortress · keep · barbican · tower · parapet · curtain wall · stronghold
Defensive water ditch
threshold · access · gateway · crossing · span · approach · entry · waterway
Linked metal restraints
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- hingeMovable connecting joint
gears · lifting · lowering · cables · pivot · mechanism · crank · lever
Request to attend
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- protectionGuarding against harm
- isolationComplete separation from others
boundary · transition · security · refuge · sanctuary · barrier · separation · threshold
moat
Defensive water ditch
- castleFortified medieval residence
- gatehouseStructure over an entrance
- portcullisVertical sliding castle gate
rampart · battlements · fortress · keep · barbican · tower · parapet · curtain wall · stronghold · citadel
moat
Defensive water ditch
passage · threshold · access · gateway · crossing · span · approach · entry · waterway · channel
chains
Linked metal restraints
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
hinge · gears · lifting · lowering · cables · pivot · mechanism · crank · lever · windlass
invitation
Request to attend
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- protectionGuarding against harm
isolation · boundary · transition · security · refuge · sanctuary · barrier · separation · threshold · liminality
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- medieval thingscastles, cathedrals, knights, armor, swords
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
drawbridgesstone bridges
Rock structures spanning water
arch bridges · concrete bridges · viaducts · aqueducts · overpasses
- pull up the drawbridgeSeal oneself off socially