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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bascule" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)