[…] he wears a wisp of black silk round his neck, without any stiffener, as an apology for a neckerchief […]
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Stiffener
Synonyms for "stiffener" (46 found)
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6 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- jäykiste noun (something that stiffens)
- kovike noun (something that stiffens)
- kovite noun (something that stiffens)
- vahvistusryyppy noun (fortifying drink)
Māori
1 entries- tāhū noun (rod or bar or beam used to give structure the necessary stiffness or rigidity)
Norwegian
1 entries- stivner noun (something that stiffens)
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[…] each of these stiffener-columns must be designed to resist approximately 26 tons. Sometimes single angles are thus used as stiffeners […]
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The tee bar (b) is used as a stiffener to important bulkheads […]
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[…] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.
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