- Supporting structure - State of abutting. - That on or against which a body abuts or presses - The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives
the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. - A fixed point or surface from which resistance or
reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the
fulcrum of a lever, etc. - In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel
which receives the pressure due to recoil.
- Scaffolding - Skeleton - Supporting structure - The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or
constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. - Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
- A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen,
etc., as in building. - The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of
journeying in stagecoaches.
- Framework for climbing plants - Lattice - Lattice work used in the garden - Latticework - Latticework used to support climbing plants - overhead lattice - Some wastrel listened at lattice
- Middle point - A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle;
the middle point or place. - The middle or central portion of anything. - A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an
object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction. - The earth. - Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the
legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the
conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and
the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left,
See Right, and Left. - A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault
or arch are supported in position until the work becomes
self-supporting.