shouldering

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
2. noun The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
3. noun A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim. axle with shouldering
4. noun The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
5. verb present participle and gerund of shoulder

Similar words

shoulder joint articulatio humeri bearing carrying taking fulfilling sharing assuming whales pushing

Often followed by

the his a their of her responsibility my aside its

Word family

shoulder shouldered shoulders