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shoring

shoring

3 7.4
Beams or props placed to support a building and stop it collapsing
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɔːrɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : apuntalamiento
  • He looked scornfully at the combination of bricks, name-scratched stones, and cuts of wooden shoring beams with numbers and names burned on. But the head office looked, and this place wasn't registered anywhere as a graveyard site.

Examples

  • After the storm damaged the roof, they added shoring to keep it stable until repairs could be made.

  • All right, get that shoring timber!

    A Night to Remember (1958)

  • Huge square posts, eighteen inches thick, supported a framework of similar shoring all across the ceiling.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Some key officials still hold that full financial liberalization is the least bad alternative and that the imperative now is to move ahead simultaneously with financial liberalization and the shoring up of domestic financial systems.

    Academic text (1999)

  • His room continued to expand, and Azzie had to ask the angel to do some shoring up because it was threatening to capsize the house with its weight and top-heavy leverage.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The construction team used shoring to support the walls while they repaired the foundation.

  • To prevent the old building from collapsing, workers installed heavy shoring throughout the structure.

Synonyms

shore
vsshoring
  • Specialized
30 9.3

A beam placed against a building to support it

is the action or system of using such beams to support a structure
shoring up
vsshoring
  • Specialized
4 6.5

Support for a wall or building using props to stop collapse

is the same action expressed as a noun rather than a phrase
propping up
vsshoring
3 4.0

Putting supports under something to hold it in place

is specific to supporting building parts using beams or props
underpinning
vsshoring
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Work to strengthen the foundation of a building

is broader and applies to support anywhere not only the foundation
bracing
vsshoring
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A support added to a frame to keep it steady

is about holding a structure to prevent collapse rather than stiffening it
timbering
vsshoring
  • Specialized
6.4

Placing wooden beams to support tunnels or shafts in mines

is the same support method but not limited to wooden materials
falsework
vsshoring
  • Specialized
9.3

Temporary supports that hold parts of a building or bridge during construction

is used more generally to hold structures in emergencies or repairs

Compounds

shoring up
  • Specialized
4 6.5

Support for a wall or building using props to stop collapse

How Supportive

to buttress
  • Specialized
1 7.3
reinforcement
108 3.9
shoring
  • Specialized
3 7.4
shore
  • Specialized
30 9.3
brace
85 4.0
to prop
68 4.1

Surface Forms

shoring singular
shorings plural

Morphology

shoring = shore (transparent) = shore + ing

Regular formation from the verb 'shore' + '-ing', giving the action or the props used for supporting; meaning is directly derived if the verb 'shore' is known.

Etymology

The word shoring comes from the old English word shore, which meant a 'prop' or 'support' and is the same root in the phrase 'shore up'. So shoring is the act of putting up props, or the props themselves, to hold a building up and stop it from collapsing.