GIRDER

girder

(noun) a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

girder (plural girders)

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

One who girds; a satirist.

Anagrams

• Grider, gerrid

Source: Wiktionary

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Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to sneer at.]

Definition: One who girds; a satirist.

Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to encircle.]

1. One who, or that which, girds.

2. (Arch. & Engin.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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