falsework

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English

falsework for a bridge (1925)

Etymology

From false +‎ work.

Noun

falsework (usually uncountable, plural falseworks)

  1. (engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
    • 2024 May 17, “Network News: Viaduct carrying HS2 into Curzon Street takes shape”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 11:
      Each [girder] measuring 38 metres long, they will sit below four steel tripods which will support the falsework and formwork.
  2. (engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
    • 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, page 236:
      ... the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel ... was a half-moon of steel encased in a skyscraper of wooden falsework.

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