Bolster

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

   “And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.”

2. isim A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

   “This Arm ſhall be a Bolſter for thy Head, / I'll fetch clean Straw to make my Soldier's Bed; / There, while thou ſleep'ſt, my Apron o'er thee hold, / Or with it patch thy Tent againſt the Cold.”

3. isim A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
4. isim A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
5. isim A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
6. isim The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
7. isim The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
8. isim The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
9. isim The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

   “Its [the Ionic's column's] ancient capital is generally formed of two parallel bolsters”

10. isim A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
11. isim That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.

    “My health too has been better since you took away that Montero cap. I have left off cayenned eggs and such bolsters to discomfort.”

12. isim A wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.
13. fiil To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

    “Puget also teamed up with Matt Hyde (Deftones, Slayer) to co-produce the record, which was another smart move: Together, the pair ensures that AFI (The Blood Album)'s arrangements are streamlined, but bolstered by just the right amount of atmospheric texture.”

14. özel isim A surname from German.
15. özel isim A ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.