Supports
Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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.