[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bascule \bas"cule\ ba^s"k-ul, n. f., a seesaw.
   in mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in
   which one end rises as the other falls.
   1913 webster

   bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge,
      which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus
      lifting the footway into the air.
      1913 webster
see also:
bascule bridge 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bascule
     n : a structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other
         as in a bascule bridge

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