Synonyms for underpinning

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-der-pin-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌn dərˌpɪn ɪŋ

Définition of underpinning

Origin : late 15c., "action of supporting or strengthening from beneath," from under + present participle of pin (v.). Figurative sense of "prop, support" is recorded from 1580s.

noun supporting structure
noun basis

Example sentences :

Of all the generation of rogues, he was least fitted to barter away his underpinning.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

If your underpinning is all right it is not difficult to be straight above.
Extract from : « Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts » by Girl Scouts

After its underpinning in 1888 a thorough repair of it was undertaken.
Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester » by G. H. Palmer

For the moment he fancied that he would jerk bodily from off his underpinning.
Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling

The Cat, or Sow, was in constant use for mining and underpinning walls.
Extract from : « British Castles » by Charles H. Ashdown

In fact, the use of underpinning at that time seems to have been uncommon.
Extract from : « Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony » by George Francis Dow

The swift current tugged at the underpinning, threatening to carry it away.
Extract from : « The Wishing Well » by Mildred A. Wirt

With Penny holding the board, Mr. Parker nailed it to the underpinning.
Extract from : « The Clock Strikes Thirteen » by Mildred A. Wirt

As to the length of his underpinning, that was apparent also.
Extract from : « Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 » by James Barnes

Your way of underpinning the track is pretty good, but I don't like that plan.
Extract from : « The Girl From Keller's » by Harold Bindloss

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