bolster meaning in Urdu & English

(1) - Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
(2) - Bolster (n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
(3) - Bolster (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
(4) - Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
(5) - Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
(6) - Bolster (n.) Anything used to prevent chafing.
(7) - Bolster (n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
(8) - Bolster (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
(9) - Bolster (v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.
(10) - Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
(11) - Bolster (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.
(12) - Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
(13) - Bolster (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
(14) - Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
(15) - Bolster (v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow.
(16) - Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

Bolster meaning in Urdu & English