Proppage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Proppage is a noun meaning (rare) That which props or supports.
Meaning
(rare) That which props or supports.
Example Sentences
[…] notwithstanding the stoppage of the excavation, and the proppage of the work, […]
[…] he had not risked taking a stick with him; and hat and stick were his proppage and balance-wheel, in short, his bowing-gear, […]
Mention should also be made of the discovery in the area of Rudki near Slupia-Nowa (in the vicinity of Kielce) of an old iron ore mine — with shafts, galleries and solid wooden proppage — that had been exploited since the Roman Era.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include propper, prop, subprop, projection, start, propounder.
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