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fishbelly girder

fishbelly 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 fishbelly girder

pluralfishbelly girders

Questions about fishbelly girder

What is fishbelly girder the alternative form of?
Fishbelly girder is the alternative form of fish belly girder.

Words near fishbelly girder in the dictionary

  1. Fishbein
  2. Fishbeinian
  3. Fishbeins
  4. fishbellies
  5. fishbelly
  6. fishbelly girder
  7. fishbelly girders
  8. fishberries
  9. fishberry
  10. fishboat
  11. fishboats

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