plate girder


noun
  1. an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.

Origin of plate girder

1
First recorded in 1840–50

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