GIRDER
\ɡˈɜːdə], \ɡˈɜːdə], \ɡ_ˈɜː_d_ə]\
Definitions of GIRDER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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One who, or that which, girds.
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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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One who, or that which, girds.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who or that which girds: one of the principal pieces of timber in a floor binding the others together: (engineering) any simple or compound beam sustaining a weight, and supported at both ends.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald