Definitions for bolster
  • Bolster (n.) - A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
  • Bolster (n.) - 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.
  • Bolster (n.) - Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
  • Bolster (n.) - A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
  • Bolster (n.) - 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.
  • Bolster (n.) - Anything used to prevent chafing.
  • Bolster (n.) - 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.
  • Bolster (n.) - A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
  • Bolster (n.) - The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
  • Bolster (n.) - the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
  • Bolster (n.) - That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.
  • Bolster (n.) - The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
  • Bolster (n.) - The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
  • Bolster (n.) - A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
  • Bolster (v. t.) - To support with a bolster or pillow.
  • Bolster (v. t.) - To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.
  • Bolstered (a.) - Supported; upheld.
  • Bolstered (a.) - Swelled out.
  • Bolstered (imp. & p. p.) - of Bolster
  • Bolsterer (n.) - A supporter.
  • Bolsterers - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Bolstering (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Bolster
  • Bolsterings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Bolsters - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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