fish belly girder

See also: fish-belly girder and fishbelly girder

English

Noun

fish belly girder (plural fish belly girders)

  1. A girder assembly mainly used in bridge construction, with the profile of a fish belly.
    • 1958 June, “The "Fish" Bridge at Devizes”, in Railway Magazine, page 411, image caption:
      The original fish-belly-girder bridge carrying the railway over the Melksham road near Devizes

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