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Bolster

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounA large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.
2.NounA pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
3.NounA small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
4.NounA short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
5.NounA beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
6.NounThe perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
7.NounThe part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
8.NounThe metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
9.NounThe rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
10.NounA block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
11.NounThat which supports or promotes; a catalyst.
12.NounA wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.
13.VerbTo brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
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