Girder
['gɜːdə] or ['ɡədɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure.
Typed by Jody--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who girds; a satirist.
(n.) One who, or that which, girds.
(n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double.
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Examples
- Iron girder bridges were also constructed, and thus the railway trains were carried across roads and narrow rivers at any required inclination, supported on flat beams of iron. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Practically all railroad rails, iron girders and beams for buildings, nails, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The outer shell of the tunnel shield is composed of two- or three-ply boiler plates, and the interior is braced with a system of steel girders. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Manfred