fish belly girder

noun

A girder assembly mainly used in bridge construction, with the profile of a fish belly.

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nounfish belly girder (plural fish belly girders)

plural fish belly girders · alternative fish-belly girder · alternative fishbelly girder

  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 Devizes

    1958 June 29, “The "Fish" Bridge at Devizes”, in Railway Magazine, page 411, image caption
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