Weighbridge (Noun)
Meaning
Platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Trucks and other large vehicles were required to stop on the weighbridge at the depot before and after each trip.
- A cattle truck drove onto the weighbridge, the animal sounds quieting for a moment as the scale displayed their combined weight.
- A highway weighbridge recorded the vehicle's gross weight before issuing the permit to carry oversized cargo.
- Vehicles heading out to the mining site were obliged to drive across the electronic weighbridge so the records of goods and tonnage hauled could be tracked.
- Once parked on the electronic weighbridge the rig was efficiently checked in preparation for transit by its automatic calibration to minimize dead time on transport lanes.