bolster

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

2. 2noun

   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; a compress.

3. 3noun

   Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

4. 4noun

   A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6noun

   Anything used to prevent chafing.

7. 7noun

   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.

8. 8noun

   A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

9. 9noun

   The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

10. 10noun

    the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

11. 11noun

    That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

12. 12noun

    The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

13. 13noun

    The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

14. 14noun

    A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

15. 15transitive verb

    To support with a bolster or pillow.

16. 16transitive verb

    To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.

17. 17noun

    a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

18. 18verb

    support and strengthen

    "bolster morale"

19. 19verb

    add padding to

    "pad the seat of the chair"

    Synonyms

    pad
20. 20verb

    prop up with a pillow or bolster