stut

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To support, prop up.

   When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.

2. noun A support.

   These stuts buckled.

3. verb To stutter.

Similar words

statuminate prop stay prop up stead underset maintain underhold appui rance

Often followed by

was and