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girderwork

girderwork noun: a construction employing girders.

girderwork: a construction employing girders
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Noun

girderwork (uncountable)

  1. A construction employing girders.
    • The reconstruction of the second half of this span followed on the succeeding weekend, when the old girderwork was similarly removed and replaced with the new, the down line being restored to its original alignment.1955 June, “Bridge Reconstruction near Harrow-on-the-Hill”, in Railway Magazine, page 422

Origin of girderwork

From girder + -work.

Questions about girderwork

What does girderwork mean?
Girderwork means a construction employing girders.
What part of speech is girderwork?
Girderwork is a noun.

Words near girderwork in the dictionary

  1. girdered
  2. girdering
  3. girderless
  4. girderlike
  5. girders
  6. girderwork
  7. girdest
  8. girdeth
  9. girding
  10. girding one's loins
  11. girding up one's loins

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