body bolster

noun

, Railroads.

1. the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.

Example Sentences

Advances in medical technology like magnetic resonance imagining, which do not require cutting open a body, bolster a belief that autopsies are less necessary.

From New York Times

The body bolster is made up of two rolled steel plates bolted together at their ends and supported by a steel draw casting, the ends of which form a support for the center sills.

From Project Gutenberg