snake bridge
noun1
UK, Historical A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British canals built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate uninterrupted horse-drawn towing.
- Holonyms: canal, navigation (waterway-system sense)
- The snake bridge allowed the horse to cross the canal without unhitching the towline.2003, Hadfield, Charles, British Canals: The Inland Waterways of Britain, page 112:
- Related terms
- towpath