Definitions
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- noun nautical The
fore-and-aft spar extending fromstem tostern on alifeboat and serving as a raisedspreader for aboat cover . (FM 55-501). - noun nautical A strong
bar placed across ahatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501).
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Examples
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Internal DOT e-mails obtained by the Star-News through a public records request revealed that a temporary brace called a strongback, which connected the girder to the next section of the bridge, failed, causing other temporary holders between the beams to break and the girder to tumble.
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Though no official explanation of the incident has been given, internal DOT e-mails revealed that a temporary brace called a "strongback," which connected the girder to the next section of the bridge, failed, causing other temporary holders between the beams to break and the girder to tumble.
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Menbeca looked at the strongback that actually afraid such face.
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The strongback, the gantry holding the rocket in place, folds down and away.
Elon Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission Beyond Earth's Orbit 2007
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The strongback, the gantry holding the rocket in place, folds down and away.
Elon Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission Beyond Earth's Orbit Carl Hoffman 2007
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We then attached the cannon to a metal bed or strongback with webbing.
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Right now there is some communication issue, possibly caused by the strongback, or tower-like structure that lifts the rocket into vertical position.
SplicedFeed 2010
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This task necessitates a great deal of labor and love, including building the strongback, stripping ...
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The e-mails indicate the strongback might have been weakened when welding was used on couplers joining the lengths of steel rod that held the device together.
alexz commented on the word strongback
For the NASA/SpaceX/rocketry term, it's the support tower which holds the rocket vertical before it's time to launch.
Rocket launch commentary will have the phrase 'strongback retraction'
August 14, 2016