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girder

[gur-der] / ˈgɜr dər /
NOUN
main support beam
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Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.

From Barron's

There are lane arrows in some of the floorboards while original lane numbers are painted on the basement girders of the back-of-house spaces.

From Los Angeles Times

A short while later, in the shade of the metal girders, the Director of the Railway Authority's Construction Preparation Department Pavel Paidar shook his head in disagreement.

From BBC

Many seats, located behind thick steel girders, have obstructed views and the stadium can feel dark and dank on cold Liverpool nights.

From Los Angeles Times

Men looking out over the city from balconies or gazing at it through the crisscrossed steel girders of a bridge.

From Los Angeles Times