What is a plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment called?
bolster — A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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