bascule

From French basculer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæskjuːl/

bascule (plural bascules)

1. a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
2. (firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm, which pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
   • 1997, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:

     A device for coupling and releasing the trigger mechanism in a bascule of a gun

• bascule bridge

• Caubles, Cebulas, bacules

Borrowed from French bascule.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑsˈky.lə/

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• Hyphenation: vas‧cu‧le
• Rhymes: -ylə

bascule f (plural bascules)

1. balance, balance scales
2. counterweight

• basculebrug

• IPA^(key): /bas.kyl/

bascule

1. first-person singular present indicative of basculer
2. third-person singular present indicative of basculer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
5. second-person singular imperative of basculer

bascule f

1. plural of bascula

bascule

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bascular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bascular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bascular.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bascular.