load-bearing

kantava puhekieltä able Able to support a load.
1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering

The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing."

The reactor units each called for a circular pit over 300ft. in diameter, excavated to a depth of 20ft. to reach a suitable load-bearing stratum.

Alternating sandstone and limestone (the limestone being used in façades exposed to the winter rains or in more load-bearing areas) created a most pleasing decorative effect.

It was in baptism (and in consequence in penance) that the theologically most load-bearing aspects of the liturgical life of the Church were concentrated.

The porters, who stand in knots with cords upon their shoulders, bear huge loads; a characteristic of the place is this load-bearing and the size of the burdens.

Since we do not need walls for load-bearing, the storage walls do not have to have any special thickness.

A common degenerative joint disease that involves synovial joints only with recurrent or abnormal load-bearing on normal cartilage or normal load-bearing on weakened cartilage, or both.