A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
A thing that reinforces.
An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
A beam or rod providing support.
An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.