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Shoring   /ʃˈɔrɪŋ/   Listen
Shoring

noun
1.
A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support.  Synonym: shore.
2.
The act of propping up with shores.  Synonyms: propping up, shoring up.



Shore

verb
1.
Serve as a shore to.
2.
Arrive on shore.  Synonyms: land, set ashore.
3.
Support by placing against something solid or rigid.  Synonyms: prop, prop up, shore up.



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"Shoring" Quotes from Famous Books



... thought I. Presently I went to the door, and, shoring up one of the posts with my shoulder, looked out upon the cool, white ...
— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... for the retaining wall was very simple, and was used only where the rock lay near the surface and the adjoining buildings were founded on it, the overlying material being in such case dry, and consequently firm, little or no shoring was required. The method was to extend the pit excavation to a width of 2 or 3 ft. beyond the proposed back of the retaining wall, and to carry that width down to the depth required for its base, below which the excavation was narrowed to ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 - The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 • George C. Clarke

... then put in place, and two of the girders "C" were used as temporary shoring girders at each column. These, as shown by Fig. 3, Plate XLVII, were placed parallel to the elevated railway, with blocking between them and the girders "B." Double bents, independent of each other, were placed ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 • B.F. Cresson, Jr



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