ppl. a. [f. BRIDGE v.1 + -ED.] Furnished with a bridge or bridges; spanned or traversed with bridges.
1611. Cotgr., Ponté, Bridged; that hath a Bridge ouer it, or belonging to it.
1862. M. Hopkins, Hawaii, 9. Its grassy slopes; its bridged rivulets.
1864. R. Burton, Dahome, 12. Good roads well bridged, and a channel of mountain water.
b. Bridged gutter (Building), ‘one made with boards supported by bearers and covered above with lead or zinc’ (Gwilt, Archit.).
