reinforced concrete

American  

noun

1. concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.

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reinforced concrete British  

noun

1. concrete with steel bars, mesh, etc, embedded in it to enable it to withstand tensile and shear stresses

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Etymology

Origin of reinforced concrete

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Reinforced concrete U-boat and torpedo boat pens were shattered, crippling a threat to Allied shipping.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2013

The main cause of these cracks is as follows: Reinforced concrete setting in dry air undergoes considerable shrinkage during the first few days, when it has very little resistance.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

Reinforced concrete abutments are usually of L-section with counterforts bracing the upright slab and bridge seat to the base slab.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

Reinforced concrete will undoubtedly show in the future that the confidence which most engineers and others now place in it is fully merited.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward

Reinforced concrete engineers would do vastly better work if they would do likewise, adding top reinforcement over supports to forestall cracking only.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward