Cantilever
['kæntɪliːvə] or ['kæntɪlivɚ]
Definition
(noun.) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only.
(verb.) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; 'Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings'.
(verb.) project as a cantilever.
Checker: Susie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Same as Cantalever.
Editor: Vito
Definition
n. a large bracket used in architecture for supporting cornices balconies and even stairs—the principle has been applied in the construction of bridges to support enormous weights.—Also Can′taliver.
Edited by Jeffrey
Examples
- The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- What is called the cantilever system has of late years to a great extent superseded the suspension construction. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The cantilevers rest on two gigantic steel towers, standing on massive stone piers 39 feet high. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Edited by Edith