weighbridge
noun/ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From weigh + bridge.
1
UK a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc.
- Near-synonym: weigh station
- A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.1957 December 23, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871: