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Noun: monkey bridge  múng-kee brij
  1. The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
    "The captain surveyed the horizon from the monkey bridge";
    - flying bridge, flybridge, fly bridge
     
  2. A high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room
    "The captain surveyed the ship from the monkey bridge"

Derived forms: monkey bridges

Type of: bridge, bridge deck, platform

Encyclopedia: Monkey bridge