A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
The measured value when no input signal is given.
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
A place of reverence or honor.
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
A pillow block; a low housing.
To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.