Definition of Shoring

1. Noun. A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support.

Exact synonyms: Shore
Generic synonyms: Beam
Derivative terms: Shore

2. Noun. The act of propping up with shores.
Exact synonyms: Propping Up, Shoring Up
Generic synonyms: Support, Supporting
Derivative terms: Shore, Shore Up

Definition of Shoring

1. n. The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.

Definition of Shoring

1. Verb. (present participle of shore) ¹

2. Noun. Temporary bracing used to prevent something, such as a tunnel, trench, or wall, from collapse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoring

1. a system of supporting timbers [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoring

shorelark
shoreless
shorelike
shoreline
shorelines
shoreman
shoremen
shorer
shorers
shores
shoreside
shoreward
shorewards
shoreweed
shoreweeds
shoring (current term)
shoring up
shorings
shorl
shorlaceous
shorling
shorls
shorn
short(p)
short-acting
short-billed marsh wren
short-breathed
short-chain
short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

Literary usage of Shoring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1915)
"CHAPTER IX THE SHEETING AND BRACING OF TRENCHES AND TUNNELS The shoring of trenches consists of placing braces across them to hold their banks in normal ..."

2. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1915)
"CHAPTER IX THE SHEETING AND BRACING OF TRENCHES AND TUNNELS The shoring of trenches consists of placing braces across them to hold their banks in normal ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"shoring, NEEDLING, AND UNDERPINNING. 141. When the foundations of a building, ... shoring. shoring is a method of temporarily supporting the walls of a ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"... nor prevent the occupancy of the» present front building, and all'necessary» shoring and underpinning, etc., in connection therewith, must be done. ..."

5. The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings by William Harvey Birkmire (1898)
"shoring AND SHEATH-PILING UNDER LORD'S COURT BUILDING.—In order to cut off the piles to within one foot of low water in the foundation of Lord's Court ..."

6. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"shoring.—From a consideration of the moment curve for two spans (Fig. 80) it is evident that indiscriminate shoring of beams in ..."

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