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ˈbolstering, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of maintaining or upholding; almost always in bad sense; in modern use, the factitious propping up of what cannot stand of itself.
1549Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 154 O Lord what bearyng what bolstering of naughtye matters is thys. 1552― Serm. Lord's Prayer iii. 16 Yea in the place of iustice, there I haue seene bearing and bolstring. 1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 75 Communicating with known offenders, bolstering of sins, and willing connivences. 1823Lamb Elia (1860) 200 He let the passion or the sentiment do its own work without prop or bolstering.
2. (usually concr.): Padding, puffing; in Surg. A pad or compress; = bolster n.1 2 a.
1530Palsgr. 199/2 Bolsteryng, stuffyng, fulsement. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 179 The barres of mens breeches haue..Such bolstring, such broydring. 1579Lyly Euphues (1636) F iij, Take from them..their roles, their boulsterings, and thou shalt soon perceiue, that a woman is the least part of her selfe. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 406 Let him..be provided with..fitting boulstring and convenient bandage. 1828H. Steuart Planter's G. 269 A strong Bolstering of double Mat, filled with hay or straw..so that the bark of the stem may not be injured.
3. Fight with bolsters (in school dormitories).
1857Hughes Tom Brown vii. (1871) 152 Great games of chariot-racing, and cock-fighting, and bolstering. |