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noun a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
originEtymology tree English gird Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English girder From gird + -er.
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