Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The warden or keeper of a bridge.
- noun In locksmithing, the principal ward of a key, usually in the plane of rotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
- noun The principal ward of a key.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
warden orguard for abridge . - noun obsolete The principal
ward of akey .
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Examples
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It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side; or, suffering him to pass half way, might keep him prisoner in his tower till they were agreed on the rate of pontage.
The Monastery 2008
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To approach it he had to encounter the same uncourteous bridge-ward who had already defeated and made captive so many knights, and last of all,
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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But when the villain approached to strip him of his armor, Rinaldo seized him, and the bridge-ward, being unable to free himself, leapt with Rinaldo into the lake, where they both disappeared.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Rinaldo attacked him, but with as bad success as the rest, for the bridge-ward struck him so violent a blow with an iron mace that he fell to the ground.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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But when the villain approached to strip him of his armor, Rinaldo seized him, and the bridge-ward, being unable to free himself, leapt with Rinaldo into the lake, where they both disappeared.
Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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To approach it he had to encounter the same uncourteous bridge-ward who had already defeated and made captive so many knights, and last of all,
Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Rinaldo attacked him, but with as bad success as the rest, for the bridge-ward struck him so violent a blow with an iron mace that he fell to the ground.
Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side; or, suffering him to pass half way, might keep him prisoner in his tower till they were agreed on the rate of pontage.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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