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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, seesaw Date: 1678 an apparatus or structure (as a drawbridge) in which one end is counterbalanced by the other on the principle of the seesaw or by weights

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bascule Bas"cule, n. [F., a seesaw.] In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.