OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24137

cantilever

/ˈkantɪliːvə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
voladizo
A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
Eventually Sir John Fowler's and Sir Benjamin Baker's continuous steel girder bridge on the cantilever principle was adopted.
He loved Litchfield, Sharon, Williamsburg; he preferred the Georgian, and he had theories about developing a truly American style. He was called a plodder by all the Kivis, and in…