shoring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
    shore.
  2. noun the act of propping up with shores
    shoring up; propping up.
  3. verb serve as a shore to
    shore.
    • The river was shored by trees
  4. verb arrive on shore
    set ashore; shore; land.
    • The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
  5. verb support by placing against something solid or rigid
    shore up; prop up; shore; prop.
    • shore and buttress an old building

WordNet


Shor"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
  2. A system of props; props, collectively.

Webster 1913