"covered bridge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: covered bridges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} covered bridge (plural covered bridges)
  1. A bridge with a (usually wooden) house-like structure covering it, to protect it from the elements. Categories (topical): Bridges Translations (bridge with a house-like structure covering it): 廊橋 /廊桥 (lángqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), katettu silta (Finnish), gedeckte Brücke [feminine] (German), ponte coberta [feminine] (Portuguese), кры́тый мост (krýtyj most) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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