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girder noun & verb. E17.
[from GIRD verb1 + -ER1.]
A. noun.
A main beam, orig. of wood but now often of steel or iron, used to support the joists of a floor. E17.
Anthony Huxley Strong steel girders in a ferro-concrete building.
A latticed or other compound structure of esp. steel or iron used to form the span of a bridge, a roof, etc. M19.
Comb.: girder bridge: with a superstructure of longitudinal girders.
b. verb trans. Support or strengthen with or as with a girder M20.