Supports
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The word "supports," stands or rests, and which supports it from beneath; such as the abutments on the banks or piers, or trestles standing between the abutments, and on which the stringpieces rest.
Abbott v. Walcott, 38 Vt. 666.