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Definition of Lattice girder

Lattice girder
Lattice Lat"tice, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See Latten, 1st Lath.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. Lattice bridge, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O. Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.
Lattice girder
Girder Gird"er, n. [From Gird to encircle.] 1. One who, or that which, girds. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc. Girder bridge. See under Bridge. Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. --Knight. Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.

Meaning of Lattice girder from wikipedia

- A lattice girder is a truss girder where the load is carried by a web of latticed metal. The lattice girder was used prior to the development of larger...
- through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder; used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination...
- United Kingdom List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom List of tunnels in the United Kingdom...
- 'quintangular' lattice truss in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Wikimedia Commons has media related to Town Lattice truss bridges. Lattice girder Brown truss...
- This list is intended to help identify a particular early form of lattice girder bridge which was po****r with bridge engineers particularly in the United...
- cast-iron girders. Gustave Eiffel used a similar design to create several large viaducts in the M****if Central in 1867. The original design was for lattice girders...
- (24 m) parallel chord lattice girder spans either side of a 120-foot (37 m) hogback lattice girder span, having steel cross girders, supported on two cylinder...
- killing all aboard. The bridge—designed by Sir Thomas Bouch—used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing...
- trussed girder, as at Crumlin Viaduct, Belah and Meldon; though two rare examples, at Dowery Dell (demolished in 1962), and Bennerley had lattice girder decks...
- Cadishead Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct of multi-lattice girder construction. It was built in 1892 by the Cheshire Lines Committee to clear the...