girderwork

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noun

A construction employing girders.

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Meanings

noungirderwork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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

From girder + -work.

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APA

girderwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girderwork

MLA

“girderwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girderwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girderwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girderwork.

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