mainspan en · NOUN
Etymology
From main + span.
Meanings
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The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.
The bridge has a cable-stayed mainspan.
2007 August 7, William J. Broad, “From Fresh Ideas and Better Steel, Safer Bridges”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mainspans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |