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Meaning of GIRDER

Pronunciation:  'gurdur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
 

GIRDER is a 6 letter word that starts with G.

 

 See Also: beam, I-beam

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gird"er\, n. [From {Gird} to sneer at.]
    One who girds; a satirist.
    
    
  2. \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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