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Noun(1) (2) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support(3) the act of propping up with shores

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(1) Removing the rusty metal presented us with a somewhat unstable-looking climb down of about 4m complete with plenty of scaffolding shoring .(2) The shoring was removed, so that the tunnel started to collapse, and protesters were dragged out by ropes attached to handcuffs.(3) In December, workers removed the steel shoring that had held the home up since 1997.(4) The shoring also enabled the construction of new foundations without disrupting existing utility systems.(5) In a few hours, with the aid of some telephone poles and some shoring , the Chinese lifted the wing, Tex lowered the gear and drove the down lock in with a sledge hammer.(6) Moreover, thicker slab areas and extra shoring had to be provided along a predetermined load path, a path that had to be carefully marked on the base slab to restrict and guide crane movement.(7) The system's stay-in-place design also suits commercial flooring applications as it eliminates the need to strip forms and reduces the need for shoring compared with wood flooring systems.(8) Two days after the attack, Urban Search and Rescue crews from Montgomery County, Virginia worked to clear debris and strengthen temporary shoring at the disaster site.(9) Speed Shore's Shoring Shields combine the benefits of aluminum hydraulic shoring with the solid-wall security of a static shield.(10) Teams of carpenters and laborers begin positioning column forms and setting up shoring for the floor above.(11) Therefore, our tunnels (unlike the fancy ones you have seen in the movies) were about two feet in diameter with no bracing or shoring of any kind.
Related Words
(1) shore
(2) shoring up
Synonyms
Noun
1. shore


Verb
2. prop up
4. bolster
5. support
6. brace
7. buttress
8. strengthen
9. fortify
10. reinforce
11. underpin


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