Girder
61box girder — /ˈbɒks gɜdə / (say boks gerduh) noun a hollow girder which is square or rectangular in cross section …
62continuous girder — noun or continuous beam : a girder or beam having more than two supports …
63flitch girder — noun : a girder that is built up in the manner of a flitch beam …
64h girder — noun Usage: capitalized H : a girder like an I beam but with wider flanges …
65plate girder — noun or plate beam : a built up girder resembling an I beam in cross section but having a rolled steel plate for a web and flanges that usually consist of angles alone or angles and plates * * * an iron or steel beam built up from plates and… …
66through girder bridge — noun : a girder bridge in which the traffic passes between the girders …
67tubular girder — noun : a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them and solid members joining them top and bottom to form a tube of rectangular cross section with one or more cells …
68bowstring girder — noun see bowstring beam * * * bowstring truss or bowstring girder, a truss in which a curved beam is held together by a horizontal tie attached to the ends of the beam …
69hull girder — Naval Archit. the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging. [‡1945 50] …
70lattice-girder — lattˈice girdˈer noun A girder composed of upper and lower members joined by a web of crossing diagonal bars • • • Main Entry: ↑lattice …