2. Verb. (third-person singular of bolster) ¹
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Definition of Bolsters
1. bolster [v] - See also: bolster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolsters
Literary usage of Bolsters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"Names of Parts of bolsters. Figs. 1046-1047. 1 Top Plate of Body Bolster io Truck
Side Hearing 2 Bottom Plate of Body Bolster n Body Center Plate 4 Thimble ..."
2. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"Metal Caps and bolsters lor Wooden Columns Use of ... Details of post-caps and
bolsters are show Chapter XXII. 7. Crushing of Wood Perpendicular to the ..."
3. Structural Details: Or Elements of Design in Heavy Framing by Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1909)
"bolsters. A bolster is a horizontal cap piece upon the top of a post to lengthen the
... When bolsters are used, the effective span assumed in computing the ..."
4. The Carman's Helper by Hugh K. Christie (1920)
"Body bolsters—Metal is fast taking the place of wood in body bolsters, but wooden
or metal, the method of repairs is similar. ..."
5. The Operating Room and the Patient by Russell Story Fowler (1907)
"Rubber bolsters are used in tying cross-sutures in pairs. ... bolsters), cut from
rubber aspirating tubing. The cut •edges should be rounded with scissors. ..."
6. The Financial Economy of the United States Illustrated by John Alexander Ferris (1867)
"The tariff bolsters a rotten currency in direct proportion to the amount imposed.
If fifty per cent. be the rate * I have omitted the charges of freight, ..."
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