Counterpoise vs Bacule - What's the difference?
counterpoise | bacule |
A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
* Sir K. Digby
To act against with equal power; to balance.
* Spenser
In fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made like a pitfall, with a counterpoise, and supported by two large stakes.
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As nouns the difference between counterpoise and bacule
is that counterpoise is a weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight while bacule is in fortification, a kind of portcullis or gate, made like a pitfall, with a counterpoise, and supported by two large stakes.As a verb counterpoise
is to act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.counterpoise
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(counterpois)- Weights, counterpoising one another.
- So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and to counterpoise the rest.
