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Girder

Girder Meaning & Definition
Girder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Girder?

[n] a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure

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See Also | beam | I-beam

Girder In Webster's Dictionary

\Gird"er\, n. [From {Gird} to sneer at.] One who girds; a satirist.
\Gird"er\, n. [From {Gird} to encircle.] 1. One who, or that which, girds. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) 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}. {Bowstring girder}, {Box girder}, etc. See under {Bowstring}, {Box}, etc. {Girder bridge}. See under {Bridge}. {Lattice girder}, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. {Half-lattice girder}, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. --Knight. {Sandwich girder}, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.

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