A corset.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
A buttress-root.
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
Anything that supports or strengthens.
Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.