Meaning of Stiffener | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar.
2. One of a series of angle bars, Z-bars, beams, rods, or other shapes, attached in order to provide them the necessary stiffness or rigidity.
3. An alcoholic drink taken to fortify oneself.
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Examples

“[…] he wears a wisp of black silk round his neck, without any stiffener, as an apology for a neckerchief […]”

“[…] each of these stiffener-columns must be designed to resist⟳ approximately 26 tons. Sometimes single angles are thus used as stiffeners […]”

“The tee bar (b) is used as a stiffener to important bulkheads […]”

“[…] 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.”

“I believe⟳ the old man has taken himself off to the nearest bar for a stiffener.”

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