girder
nounUK /ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈɡɝdɚ/
Etymology From gird + -er.
1
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
2
One who girds; a satirist.
- Derived terms
- box girder, fish belly girder, fishbelly girder, girderage, girdered, girdering, girderless, girderlike, girderwork, I-girder, lattice girder, plate girder, regirder, sandwich girder
- Related terms
- truss