shoring Definition

shore¹
noun

1. A narrow strip of land bordering on the sea, a lake or any other large body of water.

Thesaurus: beach, seashore, seaside, waterfront, waterside, coast, littoral, strand, bank.
2. Land as opposed to the sea.
3. law.
The foreshore.
4. Lands; countries.

Example: foreign shores
Form: shores

verb

shored, shoring
1. To set on shore.

Example: shore a boat

Idiom: on shore

On the land; ashore.

Etymology: 14c: as schore.

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shore²
noun

1. A prop.

verb

1. To support it with props.

Thesaurus: brace, buttress, prop, reinforce, strengthen, support, underpin.
2. To give support to it; to sustain or strengthen it.

Derivative: shoring

Supporting by using props.

A set of props.

Etymology: 15c: from Dutch schore, from Norse skortha.