girders
- plural of girder.
Example Sentences
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Girders gave way, walls collapsed, suction pumps worked overtime, but still the marquise searched.
From Time Magazine Archive
Footings 3.5 Columns 6.8 Sides 22.6 Girders 11.0 Top 20.0 Floor 19.1 —— Total 83.0 Fig.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Cast Girders for the builder is also a novel article.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
The Frontons are made in imitation of the Firms or Girders, upon which is laid the Roof of the House.
From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude
Girders clattered to the floor, stove it in, revealing black rock.
From Voyage To Eternity by Marlowe, Stephen
