falsework

[ fawls-wurk ]

/ ˈfɔlsˌwɜrk /

noun

framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.

Nearby words

false-positive, false-positive reaction, false-start, falsehood, falsetto, falsework, falsie, falsies, falsification, falsify, falsity

Origin of falsework

First recorded in 1870–75; false + work

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Examples from the Web for falsework

It is well also to give the girder molds a camber or to crown them to allow for settling of the falsework.
Concrete Construction|Halbert P. Gillette
The new span was then in place, and the old one—ready to be dismantled—stood on falsework at the side.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
Within a great cage of falsework Marie Louise could see the 178 ship that Davidge had dedicated to his mother.
The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes
The falsework was rapidly removed and the sustaining framework was painted with opaque varnish to render it plainly visible.
The Skylark of Space|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

When the steel—the trusses—is up and riveted, then away with the falsework.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for falsework

falsework

/ (ˈfɔːlsˌwɜːk) /

noun

a framework supporting something under construction

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