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mainspan

noun

Etymology

From main + span.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻ — “to stretch”
  2. inherited from *spannō✻ — “span, handbreadth”
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. compounded as mainspan — “main + span”

Definitions

  1. The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.

    • The bridge has a cable-stayed mainspan.

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