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proppage

noun

Etymology

From prop + -age.

  1. inherited from proppe — “a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”
  2. suffixed as proppage — “prop + age”

Definitions

  1. That which props or supports.

    • […] he had not risked taking a stick with him; and hat and stick were his proppage and balance-wheel, in short, his bowing-gear, […]
    • […] notwithstanding the stoppage of the excavation, and the proppage of the work, […]
    • Mention should also be made of the discovery in the area of Rudki near Slupia-Nowa (in the vicinity of Kielce) of an old iron ore mine — with shafts, galleries and solid wooden proppage — that had been exploited since the Roman Era.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA