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shoring

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shor·ing

   [shawr-ing, shohr-]
noun
1.
a number or system of shores for steadying or supporting a wall, a ship in drydock, etc.
2.
the act of setting up shores.
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Origin:
1490–1500; shore2 + -ing1

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shore

2   [shawr, shohr] noun, verb, shored, shor·ing.
noun
1.
a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
verb (used with object)
2.
to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usually followed by up): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schore prop; (v.) shoren, derivative of the noun

Synonyms
1. brace, buttress, stay.

shore

3   [shawr, shohr]
verb (used with object), shored, shor·ing. Scot. and North England.
1.
to threaten (someone).
2.
to offer or proffer (something).
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (Scots ) schore < ?
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shore2 (ʃɔː)
 
—n
1.  a prop, post, or beam used to support a wall, building, ship in dry dock, etc
 
—vb (often foll by up)
2.  to prop or make safe with or as if with a shore
 
[C15: from Middle Dutch schōre; related to Old Norse skortha prop]
 
'shoring2
 
—n

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shore
mid-14c., "to prop, support with a prop;" of obscure etymology though widespread in W.Gmc.; cf. M.Du. schooren "to prop up, support," O.N. skorða (n.) "a piece of timber set up as a support."
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shoring

form of prop or support, usually temporary, that is used during the repair or original construction of buildings and in excavations. Temporary support may be required, for example, to relieve the load on a masonry wall while it is repaired or reinforced. The support may be supplied by shoring the wall with heavy timbers sloping upward at about 65 to 75. The top of the timber is so arranged that part of the wall load is transferred onto it, while the lower end of the timber is framed onto a base to transfer the load to the ground with minimum deformation. Wedges may be used to bring the shore snugly into contact with the wall. If the wall is several stories high, a vertical series of shores may be required. Shores are also used to support the forms for cast-in-place concrete slabs, beams, and girders in reinforced concrete frames.

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