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fish-belly girder

fish-belly girder is the alternative form of fish belly girder.

Meaning of fish belly girder

Noun

fish belly girder (plural fish belly girders)

  1. A girder assembly mainly used in bridge construction, with the profile of a fish belly.
    • The original fish-belly-girder bridge carrying the railway over the Melksham road near Devizes1958 June, “The "Fish" Bridge at Devizes”, in Railway Magazine, page 411, image caption

Forms of fish-belly girder

pluralfish-belly girders

Questions about fish-belly girder

What is fish-belly girder the alternative form of?
Fish-belly girder is the alternative form of fish belly girder.

Words near fish-belly girder in the dictionary

  1. fish-ball
  2. fish-balls
  3. fish-basket
  4. fish-baskets
  5. fish-bellied
  6. fish-belly girder
  7. fish-belly girders
  8. fish-blooded
  9. fish-brain
  10. fish-brained
  11. fish-cake

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