girder

[ UK /ɡˈɜːdɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɝdɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
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How To Use girder In A Sentence

  • The block is still just a skeleton of girders.
  • This is the first bike that will exploit the Renovatio's frameless concept: The 132-cubic-inch, S&S-built engine is a load-bearing structural element, suspended like a girder between the stupendous front engine mount and rear pivot. The Master of Machine-Age Motorcycles
  • Couple of months ago we had this ironworker falls off a girder, Finch has to break the news to the wife. TIME TO MURDER AND CREATE
  • They were all removed from the base of the tower where the metallic girders intercross, police said. Investigators target Pana Wave over minor vehicle offenses
  • His wife, who stood much in awe of him, durst not reply, but her mother bustled up to her support, with arms disposed as if they were about to be a-kimbo at the next reply. — “I gied them to an acquaintance of mine, Gibbie Girder; and what about it now?” The Bride of Lammermoor
  • To do this you need to make marks, called layout marks, on the ledger and girder that show where each joist will be located.
  • The pit is reinforced with a lattice of steel girders from top to bottom.
  • This is due to a folding of the blastodermic wall by what is called the "girder," a plug-shaped growth of Rauber's "roof-layer. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
  • Four men were arrested at the scene following the discovery of the cigarettes, which were smuggled into the country in steel girders.
  • In the illustrations, h, m, and b are the high, intermediate, and low pressure cylinders of one set of engines; as will be seen, each cylinder is on a separate frame connected by girders; directly above the cylinders are the two low and the one high pressure air cylinders, b¹, m¹, and h¹ respectively. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
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