1 a structure built on top of something else, esp. the part of a building above the ground or the part of a ship above the main deck (= floor) --
In rural areas, the bridges built for vehicular traffic primarily had steel or timber superstructures.
Masonry forts were insufficiently resistant, and the artillery on their superstructures was extremely vulnerable.
Her metacentric height decreased to 1.67 m from her designed 1.76 m as a result of her enlarged superstructures.
Hangars with open superstructures often attract birds to nest and roost in.
Both the cabin and platform are attached on the frame by elastic pads which allow the torsional movement of the frame without twisting the superstructures.
Within 15 minutes, two more superstructures and the wooden transfer house were ablaze.
Would he give an assurance that before firm proposals are agreed not only the county planners but the local people affected by these superstructures will be fully consulted?
The manufacturing base, on which we depend, has shrunk so far in the past two decades that we cannot pay our way in the world and support the superstructures.
