bolster

• Because Bennett's blades are custom made, he also has to buy brass and custom fit each knife with a bolster, which is a narrow band between the handle and blade that keeps a hand from sliding onto the blade. —  The Record-Courier - Top Stories
• Rather than acting as simply a short-term bolster of the sugar industry, it became a full-fledged energy program. —  Spero News
• The upper edge should be nearly as high as the margin of the bolster, and it should extend down to a distance at least a foot below the level of the hips, so as to certainly protect the bed from the discharges. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
• Instantly there arose on the spot a bed of rose-leaves three feet high; the bolster was of violets, heartsease and orange flowers, all breathing delicious perfumes; and the counterpane, entirely composed of butterflies' wings, exhibited colours so brilliant and varied that one could never be weary of examining it. —  The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
• At last, with infinite difficulty, I obtained permission to sleep on my horse-rug spread on the floor, with my saddle for a bolster; when this point was once settled, I spent the evening very contentedly, basking in the blaze of the huge oaken logs; if stinted in all else, the mountaineer has always large luxury of fuel. —  Border and Bastille

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