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FOUNDATIONS |
Building support |
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BLOCKING |
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. |
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CRIPPLING |
Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of
a building. |
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BRACE |
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace
a beam in a building. |
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SHORE |
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with
up; as, to shore up a building. |
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UNDERPINNING |
That by which a building is underpinned; the material
and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already
constructed. |
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PROP |
That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which
anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for
a building. |
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OUTRIGGER |
Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use,
as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a
building, to support hoisting teckle. |
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AISLE |
A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle
part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the
roof or an u... |
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PILE |
...iven into
the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground
is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other
su... |