A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
A large cushion or pillow.
A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
A stapes.
Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.