stanchion
noun
an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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To the glory of man we will stanchion, and raise and roof it anew.
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy