girders

The towering tangle of iron girders is in fact the framework for what will soon turn into a temple for Mexico's national sport -- la charrería.

Famed Singer Bankrolls State-of-the-art Arena For Charreria Championship 2007

The towering tangle of iron girders is in fact the framework for what will soon turn into a temple for Mexico's national sport -- la charrería.

Famed Singer Bankrolls State-of-the-art Arena For Charreria Championship 2007

Some of the girders from the World Trade Center, another brawny symbol of U.S. economic strength that also happens to be owned by the Port Authority, have come to rest here.

The Futility of "Homeland Defense" 2002

Some of the girders from the World Trade Center, another brawny symbol of U.S. economic strength that also happens to be owned by the Port Authority, have come to rest here.

The Futility of "Homeland Defense" 2002

The reason why wooden props are still generally preferred to iron girders is that a wooden prop which is about to collapse gives warning by creaking, whereas a girder flies out un-expectedly.

The Road to Wigan Pier 1937

Anna blinked, then smiled, hoping that her visualization of the hall and the idea of girders or I-beams or whatever they were would suffice over the years ahead, but she couldn't afford anything that verged on Darksong, not the way she felt.

Darksong Rising Modesitt, L. E. 1999

The living room rug was frequently littered with hundreds of metal "girders" and tiny nuts and bolts surrounding half-finished structures.

Steven Chu - Autobiography 1998

I came to the great shed of glass and girders which is the station, the night being perfectly soundless, moonless, starless, and the hour about eleven.

The Purple Cloud 1906

But laying concrete and raising girders employs a lot of people, especially the way those tasks are done in China, so this will be an option for some of the migrant workers now being sent home from factories.

China's Way Forward 2009

But laying concrete and raising girders employs a lot of people, especially the way those tasks are done in China, so this will be an option for some of the migrant workers now being sent home from factories.

China's Way Forward 2009