Bascule

Bascule may refer to:

• A Bascule bridge, a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. Bascule is a French term for seesaw and balance, and bascule bridges operate along the same principle
• Bascule (horse), or roundness over a jump, of a horse
• A character from the Iain M Banks novel Feersum Endjinn
• Originally, a form of torture. The victim is bound to a seesaw-like device with the buttocks outward, and repeatedly lifted and dropped.
• A bascule lock, an antiquated, counterbalanced door lock.