Reverse Dictionary: PROP

ADJECTIVES
1377 — UNDERPIGHT propped up; supported from below → obs.
1566 — BOLSTERED propped up, supported
1623 — FULCIBLE able to be propped up → obs.
1870 — PROPPY resembling a prop or pole
1898 — BALKED UP propped up → Eng. dial. (Bk.)


NOUNS
1000 STIPER a prop → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 PERCH a pole, stick, rod, or stake used as a prop or support
1360 PILLAR a vertical prop. support, or post in a piece of furniture, machine, etc.
1382 ARM a prop, mainstay; a chief source of support or assistance → arch.
1387 POST a prop, a support, a stay
1398 UPHOLDER of things: a support, stay, or prop
1425 UNDERSETTING a prop or support
1430 SUPPOWELL a prop, a support → obs.
1460 FULCIMENT a prop, a support → literal & figurative usage, obs.
1559 STUT a prop, a support → Sc.
1573 APPUI support, stay, prop → obs.
1581 CRUTCH a prop, a support
1590 UNDERPINNING a prop or support
1601 SHORE a prop or stake used for various purposes
1620 SPURN a slanting prop or stay
1628 UPSETTER a prop or support → Sc. obs.
1630 SPAR a prop or support → obs.
1633 STILT a prop, support → obs.
1659 FULCRUM a prop, a support → obs.
1683 UNDERLAY a piece inserted as a prop or support, esp. so as to make one part level with another
1791 UPHOLD support, maintenance; a prop; a person who maintains another → Sc.
1808 RANCE RANSE a prop or support → chiefly Sc.
1858 TOM a timber prop or brace used to secure something, esp. by being wedged against an overhead structure → Aust. & NZ
1859 UNDER-PINNER a prop or support
1868 BACKSET a something in reserve, esp. applied to a store of money or goods held in reserve against an emergency; hence, a prop, a support → Eng. dial.
1904 SCOTCH a prop, support → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCOTE a prop, support → Eng. dial. (Bk.)


VERBS
1000 WRETHE to prop or hold up; to support or sustain → obs.
1220 UNDERSET to prop up; to support by means of something placed beneath
1230 UNDERSTIPRE to prop up, to support → obs.
1340 SHORE SHORE UP to prop, support with a prop
1393 UNDERSHORE to prop up; to support with shores
1398 PERCH to provide with or fasten to a prop or similar support → obs.
1581 BOLSTER to prop up, to support → obs.
1590 UPSTAY to prop up; to sustain by material support
1593 ATLAS to prop up; to support after the manner of Atlas
1638 STUT to prop up, support → Sc. obs.
1641 CRUTCH to prop up, to sustain
1656 APPUI APPUY to prop or stay
1674 SHOULDER of a thing: to prop up → obs.
1680 RANCE RANSE to prop up, to support → Sc.
1693 SCAFFOLD to prop up
1711 TRIG to support or shore up with a wedge; to prop
1783 SPURN to serve as a prop or stay
1787 PILLAR to prop up, to support with pillars
1849 REAR to raise up, to prop up in a perpendicular or semi-perpendicular position → Eng. dial.
1858 TOM to support using a timber prop or brace; esp. by wedging the prop against an overhead structure
1893 TEEL to set up on end; to prop or lean up against a wall, etc. → Eng. dial.