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Meaning of skew bridge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway or highway engineering.

Examples

“Just beyond Widmerpool the railway crosses the Roman Fosse Way on the skew. In The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress Frederick S. Williams wrote in 1877 that "in reverence to the past, the Midland acquiesced in the matter of a skew bridge, so that the lengthy straight course of the Fosse Way should not be disturbed".”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

skew chisel skew curve skew field skew gear skew normal distribution skew rolling mill