bolster

• a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
• support and strengthen
• prop up with a pillow or bolster
• add padding to
• A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed
• A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part
• Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc
• A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle
• A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing
• Anything used to prevent chafing
• A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment
• A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests
• The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car
• the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched
• That part of a knife blade which 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
• To support with a bolster or pillow
• To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort

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