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proppage

proppage noun: that which props or supports.

Noun

proppage (uncountable)

  1. (rare) That which props or supports.
    • […] he had not risked taking a stick with him; and hat and stick were his proppage and balance-wheel, in short, his bowing-gear, […]1827, Thomas Carlyle, Translations from the German: Musaeus, Tieck, Richter
    • […] notwithstanding the stoppage of the excavation, and the proppage of the work, […]1847, The Builder, volume 5, page 256

Origin of proppage

From prop + -age.

Questions about proppage

What does proppage mean?
Proppage means that which props or supports.
What part of speech is proppage?
Proppage is a noun.

Words near proppage in the dictionary

  1. propoxur
  2. propoxycaine
  3. propoxyphene
  4. propoxyphenes
  5. Propp
  6. proppage
  7. proppant
  8. proppants
  9. propped
  10. propped up
  11. propped up the bar

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