Obs. rare. Also 3 tobrugge, 4 tuybrugge. [The second part is the ME. brugge, BRIDGE; the first is uncertain; perh. a deriv. of OE. toʓian or téon to draw (see TOW v.1, TEE v.1): cf. Ger. zugbrücke, MHG. zogebrucke, drawbridge.] A drawbridge.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 11257. Þe castel brugge … he barnde fram þen ende To þe tobrugge [v.r. tuybrugge] along. Ibid., 11595. Þe tu brugge [v.r. tun brugge] hii drowe vp.
