lattice girder

American  

noun

1. a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.

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Etymology

Origin of lattice girder

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

To show the comparative economy of material, he contrasted the lattice girder bridge over the river Trent, on the Great Northern Railway near Newark, with the tubes of the Victoria Bridge. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

Fuselage.—The fuselage is V shaped and constructed of weldless steel tubing in the form of a lattice girder.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

Glasgow; and a lattice girder bridge over the entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow Harbor.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

The principle of the construction is known as the lattice girder plan, with vertical stiffening.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

It is formed by a crescent-shaped arch, continued on one side by four, on the other side by two lattice girder spans, on iron piers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various