Girder /(?)/
Gird·er
Girder
n.
- One who girds; a satirist.
Girder
n.
- One who, or that which, girds.
- 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. (Arch. & Engin.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Bowstring girder
- 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.
- Sandwich girder
- a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.