Meaning

• A large cushion or pillow.

• A 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.

• A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.

• A 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.

• A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.

• The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

• The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.

• The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

• The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

• A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

Meaning

• To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.