shoring

[shawr-ing, shohr-]

noun

1. a number or system of shores shore for steadying or supporting a wall, a ship in drydock, etc.

2. the act of setting up shores. shore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoring¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; shore ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But some members have complained that the party is now too focused on shoring up support in its rural heartlands in the North East and the Borders, to defend its five constituency seats.

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CBI programmes were labelled a lifeline at a regional industry summit in April, with funds used for everything from cleaning up after natural disasters to shoring up national pension schemes.

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US President Donald Trump has said the US has "no stronger partner" than Saudi Arabia during his first major foreign trip - a whirlwind visit of Gulf countries mainly focused on shoring up investment.

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He was driving toward a sort of America First isolationism and shoring up the boundaries of the U.S., whether literal borders or conceptual boundaries of American identity.

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Yellow diggers are shoring up mounds of earth, as construction workers prepare to lay the foundations for what's set to become the largest start-up campus in Europe.

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