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body bolster

American  

noun

Railroads.
  1. the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.


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Advances in medical technology like magnetic resonance imagining, which do not require cutting open a body, bolster a belief that autopsies are less necessary.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2021

The body bolster is made up of two rolled steel plates bolted together at their ends and supported by a steel draw casting, the ends of which form a support for the center sills.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous

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