fish-belly girder

See also: fish belly girder and fishbelly girder

English

Noun

fish-belly girder (plural fish-belly girders)

  1. Alternative form of fish belly girder.
    • 1905 June 20, “Railroad News. […]”, in The Topeka State Journal, last edition, Topeka, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4:
      There are two center and two side sills, all four being fish-belly girders.
    • 1951 July 17, “Progress of Bridge on Sheepstation Ck.”, in The Townsville Daily Bulletin, volume LXXI, Townsville, Qld., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 5:
      The deck of the bridge will be of concrete supported and bonded to some old steel fish-belly girders which the Council acquired some years ago.
    • 1979, Brian J. Cudahy, “The Birth of the Interborough”, in Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World, Brattleboro, Vt.: The Stephen Greene Press, →ISBN, page 29:
      IRT Composites shown in 1930 after they had been removed from subway service and placed on the els. Center door and fish-belly girder are later additions.
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