stiffener englannista kaikille kielille - Sanakirja.org (englanti-*)

Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar.
(construction) 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.
(slang) An alcoholic drink taken to fortify oneself.

... 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...

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