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ɪŋ, ˈʃoʊr-Dictionary.com Unabridged
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
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.
1. brace, buttress, stay.
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World English Dictionary
shore1 (ʃɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide riverRelated: littoral |
| 2. | a. land, as opposed to water (esp in the phrase on shore) |
| b. (as modifier): shore duty | |
| 3. | law the tract of coastland lying between the ordinary marks of high and low water |
| 4. | (often plural) a country: his native shores |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (tr) to move or drag (a boat) onto a shore |
| Related: littoral | |
| [C14: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōre; compare Old High German scorra cliff; see | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| shore3 (ʃɔː) | |
| —vb | |
| (Austral), (NZ) a past tense of shear | |
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Word Origin & History
shore
c.1300, "land bordering a large body of water," perhaps from M.L.G. schor "shore, coast, headland," or M.Du. scorre "land washed by the sea," probably from P.Gmc. *skur- "cut" and according to etymologists originally with a sense of "division" between land and water, and thus related to O.E. sceran
"shear, to cut" (see shear). But if the word originated on the North Sea coast of the continent, it may as well have meant "land 'cut off' from the mainland by tidal marshes" (cf. O.N. skerg "an isolated rock in the sea," related to sker "to cut, shear"). Few I.E. languages have such a single comprehensive word for "land bordering water" (Gk. had one word for sandy beaches, another for rocky headlands). General application to "country near a seacoast" is attested from 1611.
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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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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Example sentences
Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track.
Cadres of ecological engineers should join civil engineers in shoring up the nation's flood defenses.
Based on the depth of the trench, determine the amount of shoring needed or angle of repose.
If either adequate sloping or shoring had been used in this incident, the fatality may have been prevented.
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