girder vs jamb

girder

noun
  • A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. 

  • One who girds; a satirist. 

jamb

noun
  • Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace. 

  • Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”). 

  • Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein. 

verb
  • To fix or attach a jamb to. 

How often have the words girder and jamb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )