shoring

[ shawr-ing, shohr- ]

noun

1. a number or system of shores shore for steadying or supporting a wall, a ship in drydock, etc.
2. the act of setting up shores. shore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoring¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; shore ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The GOP will give itself credibility by shoring up the program that works and seriously attempting to fix the one that doesn't.

From The Daily Beast

Analysts say a more aggressive American approach to shoring up the opposition leadership may now be underway.

From The Daily Beast

The Brown campaign, early on, focused a significant deal of attention to shoring up their support in the Jewish community.

From The Daily Beast

The ex-governor has done an excellent job shoring up his conservative bona fides in Florida.

From The Daily Beast

Why, then, is he focusing so intently upon stabilizing Afghanistan instead of shoring up Islamabad first and foremost?

From The Daily Beast

MacNutt divided them into gangs and set them to work staying and shoring the remnants of the dam.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a low-grade ore, I should say, and tunnelling and shoring would eat it up.

From Project Gutenberg

The overhead girders "B" were then put in place, and two of the girders "C" were used as temporary shoring girders at each column.

From Project Gutenberg

This having been done, the temporary shoring girders were moved south to the next column, where the process was repeated.

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After this had been done to their satisfaction, they removed the shoring pillar and used the wax elsewhere.

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