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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To fence off.
- Hence In mining, to prevent the caving of an excavation by the use of shores or planks and braces so placed as to support the walls; shore; also, to drive the ends of the shoring-planks ahead of the end of the excavation, in very loose material, to hold it in place.
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