monkey bridge

A narrow, elevated walkway or platform, often used in sailing ships to provide access between parts of the vessel, or in construction and adventure courses as a simple rope or plank bridge.

• 🇫🇷Passage ou plateforme étroite et surélevée, souvent utilisée sur les voiliers pour accéder entre les parties du navire, ou dans la construction et les parcours d'aventure comme un pont simple fait de cordes ou de planches.

1. Nautical term C1 formal

   A narrow, elevated walkway on a ship, often used by lookouts or for accessing higher parts of the vessel.

   • The sailor climbed up to the monkey bridge to scan the horizon.
   • The captain stood on the monkey bridge during the storm.
   • From the monkey bridge, the lookout spotted land.

   🇫🇷Passerelle supérieure

2. Rope bridge B2 informal

   A simple, often temporary bridge made of ropes and planks, typically used in jungle or adventure settings.

   • The hikers crossed a wobbly monkey bridge over the ravine.
   • Children love playing on the monkey bridge at the adventure park.
   • The monkey bridge swayed dangerously in the wind.

   🇫🇷pont de singe