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Definition of Bolster
1. Verb. Support and strengthen. "Bolster morale"
2. Noun. A pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows.
3. Verb. Prop up with a pillow or bolster.
4. Verb. Add padding to. "Pad the seat of the chair"
Definition of Bolster
1. n. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
2. v. t. To support with a bolster or pillow.
Definition of Bolster
1. Noun. A large cushion or pillow. ¹
2. Verb. To brace, reinforce, secure, or support. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bolster
1. to support [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: support
Medical Definition of Bolster
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1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; generally laid under the pillows. "And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, This way the coverlet, another way the sheets." (Shak)
2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. "This arm shall be a bolster for thy head." (Gay)
3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
4. A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
5. A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. Anything used to prevent chafing.
6. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
8. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
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