Of old the gate was reached by a drawbridge across a wide moat.

As, however, they passed over the drawbridge of the fort, built on the terminating point of the little promontory, they were obliged to dismount.

And these towers, being come against the wall, do let fall drawbridges over which the besiegers may rush amain

Catherine's horse immediately took fright, and darted across the drawbridge with the speed of lightning.

At either end of the lock was a drawbridge in two sections raised from the centre to let the larger vessels through.

It reminded one of the days of the drawbridge to a castle, when a friend rode freely in and an enemy might try to swim the moat and scale the walls if he pleased.

The sun was rising as the Sarrions' carriage slowly climbed the incline and clanked across the double drawbridges into the city.

Day after day and night after night she had raised the drawbridge between her heart and memory, leaving the lonely thoughts to shiver desolately on the other side of the moat.

and see him taking out over the drawbridge like mad.

But the largest passage and most used was, and is, that towards the south and town; there being formerly a portcullis over that gate, which was made in one of the strongest towers, and a drawbridge without, defended by an half-moon of stone, about a man's height, standing in the year 1657.

As a matter of fact, the château practically bridges the river, which flows under its foundations and beneath its drawbridge on either side, besides filling the moat with water.

Sor Teresa's words proved true enough at the city gates where the sentinels recognised her and allowed her carriage to pass across the drawbridge by a careless nod of acquiescence to the driver.