Definition of Tierods

1. tierod [n] - See also: tierod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tierods

tier up
tierced
tiercel
tiercelet
tiercels
tierceron
tiercerons
tierces
tiercet
tiercets
tiered
tiered seats
tiering
tierod
tierods (current term)
tiers
ties
tietac
tietack
tietacks
tietacs
tiettaite
tietze's syndrome
tiewig
tiewigs
tiff
tiffanies
tiffany
tiffed

Literary usage of Tierods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1918)
"Based upon a factor of safety = 6, the following formula are derived: — I It A FIG. 219. For the tierods, d = 0.08 Vr where d = diameter in inches and Т ..."

2. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1914)
"The jib is always exposed to a direct compression, while the tierods are subjected to tension. The weight of the crane itself may be omitted in the ..."

3. Silex Scintillans: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations by Henry Vaughan, Henry Francis Lyte (1885)
"... more mercifull then man, He liv'd theie fafe, 'twas his retreat Prom the fierce few, and tierods heat, And forty dayes ..."

4. The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design and Machinist's and by Charles A. Armengaud, William Johnson, Jules Amouroux (1854)
"... H, forming, with four tierods, I, a frame which embraces the cam and cam shaft, the middle of the rods being planed to rest and slide upon the latter. ..."

5. American Fuels by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1922)
"... is a special carborundum refractory. Each retort is 12 ft. wide, 24 ft. high and 19 ft. long. The whole battery is held together by heavy tierods and ..."

6. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Technical Drawing: Embracing the Principles of by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York, William Ezra Worthen (1892)
"Turn- buckles are very useful in straining tierods, where neither end of the bolts can be got at. By turning the buckle, the rod can readily be made longer ..."

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